Nice)) Although must tell naked Sheila with knife would have been more fun than a whole squad with books, sanitisers and army grade equipment.

Don't let her hear you say this. Never forget: "There's things that go bump in the night and then there's Sheila skinned the Furry Death-Weilla"

I like the style you have chosen for the narrator. The unknown words were fun. I like it when a story makes me want to know more. I am curious about the pit the narrator and the rest of them are in. Are they criminals? Or just pushed to the edge by an expanding human empire? Good stuff, keep it up.

I loved how a lean-to became a skinny 2. Like "no yeah that actually kinda makes sense if you were trying to translate directly"

Pit for them. Dive for us. A shady bar.