11-12-2021, 01:35 PM
Walking through the fleshly territory, Crozar noted the expression of disgust and discomfort that passed over it's companions faces. It was an interesting experience to see mammals going through the same kind of gut-twisting reaction to a bigger mammal as the cacatae of felt on a smaller scale with normal mammals, and watching it play out gave Crozar a level of abstraction from the revolting and repulsive terrain. The plant man was glad, as this land expressed all the less pleasant features of a giant mammalian monstrosity, that they had not come upon whatever orifices it used to consume the raw material that it expelled all over Kubo.
Even with the distraction of his companions, the overwhelming and disturbing oppression of the surrounding dark and seemingly endless skin had begun to wear on Crozar's mind. So long separated from the warming caress of Sunshad, it could feel a depressive funk that was almost as alien to the generally upbeat plant-man as Betimi or Elphaba's vestiges settling into it's mind. Particularly the field of eyes began to play tricks on it's mind and even when they were past it, Crozar could still feel the weight of that multitudinous unblinking gaze at it's back.
As the group came upon the fleshy boulders that seemed to block the entrance of the cave, Crozar was momentarily stunned, flooded with the hundreds of mouth sores and similar diseases that it had seen among the mammalian inhabitants of New Crobuzon. Trepidation obvious in its voice, Crozar asked, "Elphaba, are you sure that this cave is an actual cave and not a feeding orifice for whatever this land has become?"
Even with the distraction of his companions, the overwhelming and disturbing oppression of the surrounding dark and seemingly endless skin had begun to wear on Crozar's mind. So long separated from the warming caress of Sunshad, it could feel a depressive funk that was almost as alien to the generally upbeat plant-man as Betimi or Elphaba's vestiges settling into it's mind. Particularly the field of eyes began to play tricks on it's mind and even when they were past it, Crozar could still feel the weight of that multitudinous unblinking gaze at it's back.
As the group came upon the fleshy boulders that seemed to block the entrance of the cave, Crozar was momentarily stunned, flooded with the hundreds of mouth sores and similar diseases that it had seen among the mammalian inhabitants of New Crobuzon. Trepidation obvious in its voice, Crozar asked, "Elphaba, are you sure that this cave is an actual cave and not a feeding orifice for whatever this land has become?"
