Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25558572-20140709014159/@comment-25558572-20140709091201

MonochromeSaya96 wrote:

This is purely nitpicking on my part but, when the second centipede emerged, it was a full-grown one, right? As far as I recall, it takes around 3-4 months for huge centipedes to hatch (since, it seemed that from your description, it was huge) and maybe one to three years to mature depending on size, not to mention that it needs a food source. The small one that hatched should have died because of hunger since baby centipedes don't have enough strength to bite through human skin yet. Plus, females usually lay more than one egg; in fact, they lay like 10-50 eggs all at once? Maybe you can use this? Say that this lone centipede that emerged cannibalized the others (they are known to do that). Aww, I was afraid of that. :<

Well, the centipede could have lain multiple eggs, and the first one to hatch simply ate the others. Many animals do that. And, it wasn't biting through her skin until it was large enough to be nearly the size of her hand; before that, it had to eat the soft and watery lining of Marc's body. It could probably handle that.

And it was in her for about one month. That's not exactly enough time, you're right, I suppose I'll change it to two-and-half.

Other than that, thanks for the feedback!