`` no , you did n't tell me anything . perhaps he was right , and she was the type to eat her own young . `` you do n't get to complain about the work . the dark room echoed as the door closed behind me and the shadows swallowed me whole . the first-aid pouch was buried near the bottom . pity , if it will set soon . `` so he 's alternating his kills , '' i said . a two-way mirror was set up in the room so the military brass could watch the alien in secret . 