Sailor Tempesti had never given the caves near the reservoir much thought, she’d never had much reason in the past, but the parallel between rumors of glowing caterpillars and the teruda (who presumably had been caterpillars at some point, but who knows if they follow Earth butterfly rules?) was enough to draw her attention. Of course she was well aware that the connection between them was purely cosmetic, even on the off (or maybe not entirely off) chance that they didn’t have their origins on this planet, she had to imagine that there were countless superficially similar organisms scattered throughout the galaxy. Whatever the case, it would be nice to pay them a visit in their rocky home.

Using her phone’s flashlight, the senshi stepped carefully into the cave’s mouth. Tripping over a rock might possibly be the stupidest way to die after surviving (mostly) a fight against an apocalyptic monster.

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