"Reaching onto the table, he picked up what looked like black mold contained within a paper-thin membrane— and playfully tossed it to Oram. Instinctively, the captain caught it. Realizing what he’d done, he froze. Nothing happened. Walking over to him, David ignored the gun as he took the stone-hard egg sac from the momentarily petrified Oram. “Don’t worry. It’s fully ossified now. Completely inert and harmless. I keep them around only for my amusement. Just another part of the collection.” Carefully, he turned and set the sac back in its place." – "Alien: Covenant: The Official Movie Novelization" by Alan Dean Foster. Start reading it for free: http://amzn.asia/0KIKQg2 . . This prop was supposed to be thrown by David to Oram, the build up of trust in the novel explained why Oram so easily believed David and put his face right over the Ovomorph. The stairway scene that was also cut showed that the ointment David offered to Oram, that he put under his nose, was a drug like substance which lowered his inhibitions. . . Dracula was also known to charm his prey, using his words to lull them into a false sense of security before leaning in to strike. . . #AlienCovenant #practicaleffects #dominichailstone #creaturedesign #specialeffects #alienseries #alienfranchise #weylandyutani #facehugger #alandeanfoster #dracula #gothic . . The proto facehugger by Dominic Hailstone, you can read my interview with him at https://yutani.blog under the I N T E R V I E W S menu.
