A snout broke the surface, and then a head, and then a chin, large as a horse’s, came to rest on the stone next to the chest. One cerulean eye rolled from within the skull to look at me. A translucent eyelid blinked. The creature had some patches of thick hair, though most looked as though it had fallen out. It had a face like a cat’s, but with a longer snout, whiskers twitching as it exhaled. Two spiraling horns rose from its skull, just over its ears.