"I wouldn't have minded it so much if it hadn't chowed down on the team I was part of," says Kinner. "Everybody's gotta eat, but everybody's got a right to try not to be eaten, superior species or no."

Kinner bites back from asking what would make the Thing better than humans. Its intelligence? Its ruthlessness? Its shapeshifting powers?

The creature's intelligence made him think it could learn better, but it couldn't be bothered to see the Big Magnet team as anything but food. It certainly hadn't bothered to talk to them.

"I figure we humans have a right to fight back, even if they surpass us in every way."