[Gretin]

"Wise choice," Ralph answered Arthur, with just the slightest hint of a smile. "One day you'll understand."

He turned, and followed after where the other mudokons had gone. As he got there, he saw what he assumed was the paramite he'd heard them talking about, though he hadn't heard much. And that mudokon, the one who assisted him to bring Anni to the lab.
Feeling slightly uncomfortable in the presence of so many normal mudokons, he simply stood at the back silently.

<•-•-•-•-•>

Hembar, still keeping to the shadows, watched as the other mudokons all made their way out from the labs and went to some random part of the hallway. Then she realised that the paramite she'd heard speaking was coming up with another mudokon... And she sensed something else behind her...
Turning around, she watched as the meech she'd seen earlier spotted them and started running, somewhat painfully, towards them. Obviously it had been injured somehow... But she'd tried to warn them!