He Thought It Was Just Frogspawn, Until The Park Ranger Saw It Up Close

Examining the site

Mr. Oliver knelt and compared the container’s sample to the larger mass in the water. The spawn looked nearly identical, though the one in the lake seemed to have even bigger metallic lumps than the sample Evan had presented him.

Evan peered closer, counting more than he remembered from that morning. “They’re multiplying,” he whispered.