There is a great, dark stag in the confines of this dripping forest.
Roland follows it, as it touches carefully with its cloven hoofs the gently sinking mud, the after of the rain, as moss and bits of green and browning leaf hang from the jutted spikes of its antlers; as it snorts, and gives deep, huffing puffs of air through the bellows of its lungs. Old poetry warbles in his throat; he bodily clasps a hand over his mouth to prevent it, as he stalks this creature, hidden in the highest branches of the thickest trees. He scales them, from branch to branch, like a silent predator.
But, he is not predator. He finds nothing in his heart so predatory. He is a watcher, and his joy is so great at finding this magnificent beast that it threatens to have him in tears. Summer airs dance about Roland’s head, and he goes laughing behind the great black beast, shaking the leaves of his branches and stilling as a wet stone when it pricks its ears in attention. He moves as it moves; he breathes as it breathes. His satchel is forgotten, hung from the crook of a branch somewhere in the highest nesting, some miles away.
The stag is nearly his height, sans the antlers. Roland’s face grows giddy, and laughter bubbles up in his throat. Whirls of bright images of mixed transformations and old science warble quietly behind his eyes. He gently bites his lip.
Send “📚” and I will flip to a random page in a book and use the first line of dialogue I see as a starter.