[ Trahearne is busy thinking when Eustace says his name; his finger divorces from his chin and he looks over at his friend curiously, and--

--Oh, no.

A slight look of alarm crosses his face as he turns to look at Eustace. ]

I did not think of that.

[ He'd thought of them as crabs, and they were kind of crab size anyway, so... ]

Presumably, uprooted by the resort. They must have hatched after the parents vacated, but only after the resort opened. [ A frown. ] We'd best remove them and find where they belong as quickly as possible.