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POOF

Poof.

As soon as I materialize, I know exactly where I am.

It is snowing.

The full moon is high in the sky.

I’m crouched on my muscular haunches here in the forest.

Everything is the same, but everything is new.

That scream is definitely new.

My God. Who is screaming like that?

I cock my scaly green head to listen.

The scream is barreling along on the night wind, slashing at my poor earholes. The scream is piercing and nonstop and it’s coming from deep within the forest. There is so much terror in that scream, it makes my wings shiver.

I mean whoever is screaming like that, they are definitely shredding their vocal chords. Something inside of them is going to burst.

My nostrils flare.

My toe claws shoot out.

I crouch lower on my haunches and gnash my fangs.

Clack-clack-clack.