“We cannot tell who we are and where we live. This is very risky and we need to be extremely careful. We don't trust anyone because if we get discovered... well, we just won't let them find us. The main thing you need to know is that we are all in great danger. All. Even you.” This time I had no arms or legs... Nothing from my own body resonated with this new image, only my eyes and tail. My legs just disappeared. The hands curled and evaporated. I heard a creak inside my body: the bones softened and merged together, forming the spine of the snake. The body was scary and strange. I became a being without separate parts. I felt the snake's consciousness penetrate through my own. It was slow, calm, unhurried. The real brain of a predator. Hunter. A cold, careful killer. There was no fear in him. There was no honor in him. There were no friends to worry about, no family to be disappointed in, no laws to break. He didn't feel lonely. The snake is always lonely.