[Dustin shows Mike, Will, Lucas and Max the "pollywog" he found]
His name is D'Artagnan. pPicks it up] Cute, right?
"D'Artagnan?"
Dart, for short.
And he was in your trash?
Foraging for food. You wanna hold him?
No, no.
He doesn't bite.
I don't want to. [Dustin drops Dart into her hands] Oh, God, he's slimy!
[She passes Dart to Lucas]
Ugh, he's like a living booger! [Passes Dart to Will]
Oh, God, ugh! [Passes Dart to Mike, who stares at it]
What is he?
[Grins] My question exactly. At first, I thought it was some type of pollywog.
"Pollywog?"
It's another word for tadpole. Tadpole is the larval stage of a toad.
I-I know what a tadpole is.
Alright, then you know that most tadpoles are aquatic, right? Well, Dart, he isn't, he doesn't need water.
Yeah, but aren't there non-aquatic pollywogs?
Terrestrial pollywogs? Yep, two to be exact. Indirana Semiplamata and the Adenomera Andreae. One's from India, one's from South America. So how did one end up in my trash?
Maybe some scientists brought it here, and it escaped?
Did you guys see that? It looks like something is... moving inside it.
[He shines a lamp directly on Dart, who flinches and shrieks, startling them]
Whoa. [He grabs Dart as it tries to escape] It's okay, it's okay, I got you, little guy. I know you don't like that, it's okay. [Looks up] And there's another thing. Reptiles, they're cold-blooded. Ectothermic, right? They love heat, the sun. Dart hates it, it hurts him.
So, if he's not a pollywog, or a reptile...
Then I've discovered a new species.
[As he strokes Dart, Will has flashbacks of the larvae he coughed up last year, as well as the noises from his visions of the Upside Down, which sound just like Dart]
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