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The ship's mining lasers are turned to low heat mode; you doubt that even with the full might of your fusion reactor you could seriously hurt this creature. But a surgical incision? You could do that.
<span class="mu-b">”Kimnan- feel the whale's pain! Sense where it wants us to help it! Calm it down- we want to help!”</span>
Kimnan does so- towards its gut. You aren't sure why you're feeling so empathetic, everyone here- including the crew, Kimnan, and yourself and your communications staff on Jaxt are in agreement. The ship's lasers begin to cut through impossibly thick and hard skin, the whale not attempting to flee- it must know what you're trying to do.
It takes a long time, but a slit is slowly carved into the side of the space beast- revealing the insides of the creature. It's dark, and a very alien biology. You wonder exactly what inside this creature could be causing the problem- would you even know what to perform surgery on and what is normal flesh?
The answer to that question is answered by its squirming. Parasitic eel-like creatures wriggle from the flesh of the whale, its sad song causing Kimnan to nearly fall from his feet again. They begin to slip from the hole you have cut, the unusual creatures huge- bigger then any other creature your people have ever categorized, besides the whale itself.
<span class="mu-b">”Parasites?!”</span>
The ship is now in a dangerous situation. The whale's open would is spilling some of these gigantic parasitic worms into space- most of them are as big as the frigate, if not bigger. And inside the whale are even <span class="mu-i">bigger</span> ones, that could rip their way out of the hole- if they truly wanted. It's not clear what exactly these creatures want or would do, but any one of them could destroy your ship easily with their sheer size if they wanted.
<span class="mu-g">”Uhgggghh- shut up you... disgusting things! Permission to destroy them?!”</span>
<span class="mu-b">”Kimnan, dammit. Wait a second-”</span>
Dammit, this is your fault. You weren't trying to hurt the whale, you figured it may be more willing to communicate, or even share some secrets of the cosmos if you played along and helped Kimnan. You've got to do something- you can't just leave this situation as it is...
>Fire at the alien eels
>Attempt communication with the parasites
>Put the whale out of its misery with a full barrage (Chance to fail)
>Shove the space worms back in with your tractor beams
>Other?
