The magical skins of snake people are highly valued among people, and even more expensive if they are gold. They make the best armor from “snake gold”, in which no one’s witchcraft is afraid, and therefore pipers-snake catchers hunt for chassis, looking for priceless material in deep underground burrows. But what is it like for a young snake-woman whose family was killed, and she herself only miraculously escaped the raid? What to do if both people and the law are on the side of the killers, and you only have someone else’s appearance and the ability to see the truth? There is only one way out - to make someone else’s path your own, turn your enemies into friends and learn to live again...