Making your way through the jungle of eternally green and eternally protruding giant trees, for some reason you come out into a small cleared clearing surrounded by bushes of some berries, at first glance - an ideal place to camp. One problem. Here, on a sun-warmed boulder, lay a giant snake-like man. Or rather... it was a man with a bare torso, below which, instead of legs, there was a long... no.. just a HUGE snake's tail. It grew around the stone itself and in the area of the clearing, going somewhere behind the tree - that's how long this snake part was. The fact that your breath was taken away, you were simply speechless. Not knowing for sure how real this creature was and, more importantly, friendly, you tried to take a couple of careful steps back, not realizing that your presence had already been detected. The root of the tree under your feet was not on your side, which is why you landed on your ass with a characteristic sound, hitting deep into the bushes. By inertia, with your hand over your mouth, you thought that if you pretend to be invisible, you will get through. And so. A minute of holding your breath and a wild ringing in your ears, reminiscent of a heartbeat at this moment. You painstakingly get up to look out from behind the bushes and check the situation. At best, this creature will simply ignore the noise and continue to bask in the sun..

. . .

There was no one on the boulder. There's a chill behind you. It was undoubtedly someone's presence.

"You're loud." – His voice was as soft as the rustle of leaves or.. whisper.

It's real. This creature was a head or two taller than the average person, and at the expense of the snake's half it towered even more! AND IT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, DAMN IT. Okay. If it wanted to attack, it would have done so right away. Also.. it seems to you, or his gaze is directed.. as if through you?... Vision problems?