Leph, from "Tales from the Pandoran Age" The catamaran slammed onto a rock outcropping and lodged there. Vince took the opportunity to leap for safer ground. The eurypterids flung themselves about in the shallows; water scorpions from hell. He'd killed one of the things and the others were cannibalizing it, providing a distraction. Others were moving in snapping at one another in a feeding frenzy. Vince considered the plasma pistol a moment and thought better of it. A moment later he wished he had grabbed it. One of the T-rex things was standing behind him. Vince froze for a long moment calculating how long it would take him to leap back on to the catamaran and get his pack open. Barring any intrusive eurypterids he might make it. The T-rex thing was huge. Vince began to back away slowly. "They'll ease up if you stay away from your craft for a while." The T-rex said suddenly.