Through Another's Eyestalk

I can't move. Why can't I move?! I can't speak, and I can hardly see! Wait, warmth. My shell. My shell is my protection, my sanctuary, my…home… A word in my head… Wait a minute, things. Others like me. I feel something… a connection? What is it? Comradeship? Yes! Love? No! Love is inferior! Love is weakness! Weakness bust be destroyed! What is that word? Ah! New things! Not like us! New things are different! They are scary! They are dangerous! Monster? We are not monsters! We defend ourselves! They do not understand us! They are our enemies! The word. I know now what it means! It is our battle cry! The declaration of everything we stand for! It symbolizes our superiority, and their imminent demise! The word…

Exterminate!