Urth Net
Quetzal & his body suit
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vizcacha:
more out of mischievousness than anything else,
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His neck is unnaturally long and wrinkled,
You might expect some stretching and pulling when a human body is used as a piece of apparel
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his profile is nearly noseless,
and some wear and tear over the years...
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his head
sways from side to side,
sure, there is a snake inside...
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he is light but strong, and so on.
because his form belies his innards...
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There is
also a description of him touching up his makeup (on the first page of
Calde): "He had shaped and colored his face and neck with care upon arising..." Later, "he extracted the puff ... and applied flesh-toned powder delicately to the small, sharp chin he had shaped with such care upon arising."
Is it really feasible that, with deft application of putty and foundation that a scarlet-plumed serpent could masquerade as a human? <g>
Lasrach
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