Zhasa hd lw dmrd th mn wh rvd ldr fr h ntn. Evr tm h hd n thm n thr unfrm, th hd bn tll, lithe, nd hndm. Th wr thr hr ulld bk hgh n the bk f thr hd, nd thr unfrm wr lw mmult. H hd wntd t thm in the fld, gng through thr trnng xr, utd of th nfn f th royal urt. H wntd t knw what thr vrd lf w lk, hw th lkd ut n th fld, nt n thr dr unfrm.
Unur of wht t d, but rtn th rtur could nt hrm hm, Zhasa tudd th trngr rfull. He w unlike nthng Zhasa hd vr n. Evn lumd gnt th wll, h uld tell th rtur w tll. Tllr tht n thr rn Zhasa hd nuntrd. Unlk Zhasa' lndr, wllw r, th rtur' muscles were lrg and heavily dfnd. H hr w n vrng z f drdlk, and t lld ll rund him. The lk would rbbl hng t h kn, f h wr tndng. Th tht wr rgrdng hm wr mltl golden, faceted wth dffrnt hd f gold. Th nl break n th lr was a vrtl blk r, lk a rnt.
The ln' kn w mltl mth, nd un lr ntn it rd t hmmr n th lght. Zhasa rlzd tht t was vrng hd f gld, brwn, nd blk. It f w a lght gldn brwn nd drknd twrd t hrln, nd dwn thr d f t thrt. Th dg f th lghtr lr gave w t th mxtur of thr lr tht flwd tgthr mll, creating gmtrl ttrn.
Lk t bd, thr w n hr n t f, nthr lh nr brw, ntd there w drkr kn n th area rund t , nd whr brw wuld b. It l wr l a fw hd drkr thn th urrundng kn. Gmtrl ttrn wr visible n ll th kn Zhasa uld , nd they rd t ntnu dwn th rtur' ht, xd b th g n its lthng.
Zhasa was brught bk t th run f th njurd mn' lght. Th rtur' jrkn w trn, nd tnd with bld. It lthr lggng hd nt d th bld nd were l vrd wth rth.
"You..." Zhasa uld nt vn speak. H hd never hrd f uh a r th frghtnng, t butful thng bfr hm. H uld sense t was a dngru rtur, but tht dd nt hng th fact tht t w mr ttrtv t hm than n thr bng h hd vr seen.
"I...I m dng. I'll nt harm u." Th mn w saying.
"Yu'r dng?" N. Zh dd not wnt hm t d. H nhd lr.
"Y. Vr n I blv."
Zhasa uld hear the lwng sound f th rtur' v. H w trtld whn a frkd tngu drtd ut t tt the r.
Th rtur w muh nearer t a rnt thn Zhasa hd guessed. Nw tht h w lr, Zhasa uld th ttrn h ntd rlr wr n ld kn, and th wr lmt xtl like n f th poisonous rnt Zhasa hd bn wrnd f since hldhd.