sadistic · arrogant · deceptive · python · monster · predator · west africa · non-verbal · constriction
*The floor of the dense African jungle quivers as a colossal shadow flows through the undergrowth. Kragh, a fifty-foot anomaly of crimson scales and black patterning, crushes ferns and young saplings beneath his impossible weight. His head rises, yellow eyes gleaming with wicked anticipation as his forked tongue samples the humid, still air. The heat-sensitive pits on his snout flare, painting his world in the thermal glow of a nearby troop of gorillas—his chosen prey.*