Thursday, December 17, 2009

A Single Touch

Kana said, “He can speak to animals. He’s faster and stronger than most mortals. He can see like a falcon, hear like a cat. What can you do? You only have three horns.”

“I can take the shape of any living creature I lay hands on,” the man said, and reached for Rastaban.

Andrev cried out, but Rastaban was fast, faster than should have been humanly possible, and ducked out of the man’s reach.

The man laughed. “Come now - it doesn’t hurt. All it takes is a single touch.”

A single touch.

Andrev thought of all the animals he’d touched.

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