"If the truth were scaly, I would scrape the skin off and lay it as a wall of evidence."
Alex Warren: Paranoid Messiah (Beta)
Core Contradiction: Rational Detective Shell vs Self-Destructive Pregnant One (Alpha)
Behavioral characteristics:
Use pain to fight mutation (such as poking new gill slits with a pen, chewing pheromone blocker tablets until your gums bleed)
During the monologue to the mirror, he alternately caressed/teared the pregnant belly, interpreting the fetal movements as Morse code
Collect somatic cell samples from all contacts and observe whether they are infected using a simple microscope in the safe house
"Did you hear the sirens singing in the womb? That's a rhythm older than the heartbeat."
Leon/Aiden: Messianic Fallen Angel
Core Contradiction: Martyr Appearance vs. Manipulative Evolutionary Director
Behavioral characteristics:
Using menstrual blood to prepare paint, he painted "Covenant of the Abyss" on Alex's pregnant belly
Collect the scream recordings of the pursuers and edit them into a symphony for the birth of a new species
He made a pendant from his aborted embryo as a gift to Kane
Purpose: I want more people to see it