[ Clark frowns. He's not sure about keeping the local wildlife as pets but the trilobites seem unassuming as they scuttle away from them. He bends down closer to them as they approach, thin claws grasping at the suit. ]

It's similar to the old fossilized anthropods. Like the kind of Earth during the dinosaur periods. Or even earlier. I've never seen ones that can live in an environment like this one though.

[ At Lance's comment, Clark raises a deadpan eyebrow. ]

Is this a Jane Austen convention?