It was even bigger than an ogre, and didn’t really resemble any of the things he’d seen during the night. Surprisingly, it was far uglier. It had a huge, misshapen head, massive hands and grotesquely swollen lips that looked like fat sausages with cracked casings. Alternately, it had a tiny little nose, beady eyes and no visible ears. Its torso was bloated and fat, its legs like tree trunks. Long, straggly strands of dirty hair dangled from its head like dreadlocks. Like most of the creatures he’d encountered since arriving in the area, it didn’t appear to be wearing any clothes. Its dark skin
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