Theo woke up right away and looked around with blurry, frantic eyes.
Then he noticed something on his bed, a large, stone-like yet organic structure that looked more like a shell.
His eyes widened. He glanced toward the corner, and before he even realized it, his body was already moving on its own as he hurried forward.
"MANTIS!" He shouted in excitement after getting close to the foreleg that had emerged.
But when Theo was close, he couldn't help but freeze in shock.
He stared at the foreleg. It was enormous, and the details on its surface were far clearer than he had ever seen before, simply because the mantis had always been so small.
Now the foreleg alone was as big as his entire arm.
While Theo was still bewildered and trying to process what was happening, another part of the cocoon burst open, making pieces of shell-like material scatter everywhere.
