At first, JW thought the rumbling was the sound of huge white paws chasing him down. Suddenly the earth heaved up before him and startled a strangled scream out of him. Oh no oh no she was MAGIC. He came to a tumbling halt and planted his hands against the ground. He'd never seen magic like this before!

A second instinct kicked in. JW balled himself up there on the little bender-made track and hid himself in his coils so that only a pair of irritated yellow eyes peering out were the only visible parts of his human half. The harmless tip on his tail shivered loudly in the underbrush in order to imitate a rattle.

DON'T TOUCH HIM, HE'S BIG.