It was an egg. It really looked a lot like the egg of a salamander, but Ted could not remember taking the beasts with him. Surely he was not becoming demented, this was yet another mystery designed to make him question the very nature of reality, nothing more.
Suddenly, he remembered that he did not remember too much about the deaths of the geometry gals. Did he even remember anything at all? Who was playing tricks on him?
He hid the egg and pulled out two bottles. He would have to distract the crew for a while and then look into the mystery of the salamander egg. Things were getting weirder and weirder with every passing moment. He was not sure if he liked it.