The serpent-bodied monster was somewhat stunned at the moment.
Not...
Who's the monster?
You, a thing whose head turns as freely as a ghost's, you call me a monster?
Its blood-red muscular face, full of tumor-like bumps, twisted as it bared its sharp teeth, and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Not a monster, Kullos is not a monster!"
Hearing this name, something stirred in Brian's heart.
Kullos was the owner of the face captured previously during the search; Brian had drawn portraits of the individual at three stages of age based on the facial structure, ultimately confirming his identity.
Kullos had been nine years old when he disappeared in the campfire; as of today, two years later, he was only eleven.
Brian didn't know how the other had turned into the ghostly figure he was now.
The biotechnology of this world had somewhat edged towards magic realism.
Kullos's biological transformation was even more horrifying and outlandish than the Spiderman Brian had previously encountered.
