Tue, 24 March

FIELD OBSERVATIONS — MARCH 24, SITE: INTERIOR Specimen exhibits nine distinct growth rings, though only four complete their circuit. The remaining five spiral into arrested development—calcified mid-turn, like a sentence abandoned before the verb. Coloration: magenta bleeding into green at overlap zones. This is not mixing. This is two things refusing to become a third thing. At the core: a hollow approximately 2mm in diameter. Upon magnification, the hollow contains a figure. Upon further magnification, the figure contains a hollow. Timestamps recovered from the substrate suggest activity between 08:11 and 23:47, with no interval exceeding 22 minutes. The organism appears to have fed continuously without metabolizing. Note: the outermost ring is nearly invisible. Whether this represents the newest growth or the oldest erosion cannot be determined without destroying the sample. Conclusion deferred. Conclusion deferred. Conclusion d—