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Submitted to Contest #319
Water trickled down the curve of a razor-sharp fang, over a blue lip, and into a wiry, green beard, soaking a patch of gray fur beneath. A behemoth, clawed hand reached up to wipe away the next tear that rolled from a yellow eye with a slitted pupil. This was the beast’s nightly ritual—return to hovel (be it cave or abandoned woodland cottage), eat whatever creature he had slaughtered on the day’s journey, weep, then fall into a fitful sleep. Every fortnight or so, however, he broke his routine. On these nights, the beast would creep toward...
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