still reeling from the sheer agony of having his bones shuffled and re-arranged, his organs shrunk and crushed and his muscles stretched, the former S T A L L I O N breathes raggedly through the dust, his new, B A R E form prone on the ground, unceremoniously fallen on shaking limbs. hands curled into fists seek the steady support of hooves, but when he dares to look at them he finds naught but tiny, cracking bones. there is no D I G N I T Y to such a circumstance, and the noble beast’s jaw clenches, finding a growl where he sought a neigh, breathing oxygen where he expected flame. vermillion eyes flare with I R E, finding their target in the pale features of the trickster seiðmaðr - his once M A R E.
he rasps painfully, wiping a mixture of soil and saliva from his mouth with the back of his hand. with some effort he finally scrambles to his unsteady new feet, swaying whilst he tries to find balance on his hind legs.