[ The eye-shine lowers and bobs up higher, and closer, with a heavy thud of some large footsteps under it, muffled slightly by the dirt and grass.

It seems to melt out of the darkness, snout long and thick and full of teeth, muscular body covered by thick skin and thicker scales, layered like armor.

And, eyes still locked on you, with a great heave it lurches forward with a roar, those jaws open impossibly wide. ]