We had gotten a room at this hostel, though I never saw it. The payment was the silver necklace that i typically wear around my neck, the one that says "Wisdom." Ted and I ate some kind of raw fish at one of the tables, pink and translucent--I worried about the water situation, we were served peroxide instead.

Met a couple that were willing to help us escape. Although they looked human, a man and woman, when the time came to leave, they became pillars of red and black stone, which shifted and contorted into strange, interlocking angles, becuase there was something after us--something unseen and powerful. The creatures twisted into strange pattern, creating a gate for which we escaped. We were home, exhausted and scared.

I asked my friend if he could make it home--he said no and asked me to drive. Which I did. As I drove him home I said something odd, (a quote from Yor), "Toritta and the little ones are my children." At which point I realized I was not human, but something akin to the great race of Yith, except my upper half was vaguely a red human torso with ridgid red antlers for arms, a featureless face that looked like red running clay. A top my head were five thick cords, each ending in a fruit that appeared to be a bald human head.

Ted was sitting in the passenger seat, his body was anyway. His mind was gone. We drove on through the night.