[Maria had no idea what her Shadow saw in the book. But even she cringed a little when he went over to the alien to...cut open its stomach. Why did the cameras have to zoom in? At least it answered the question if it was already dead. She was about to turn her face away when she noticed that Shadow appeared to find something and rinse it off in the water.

Moments later, the other Shadow announced that he had something. Holding out what looked like a slip of paper.]

That must....that must be what was inside the balloon he popped earlier! [Maria gasped.] I bet you he's going to try popping the others to see if there is anything inside them! [She still had no idea what was on the note, but it clearly had Shadow's attention as he puzzled at it.]