The figure sat up. The outline of his head and powerful shoulders remained in the soft soil. Some still clung to his rippling back.
His skin could have been a deep bronze, but the shifting glow hid most of the color as flowed over and through his body with a light that rivaled the sun above.
As a light breeze whispered through the branches overhead and tousled his rich black hair and beard, the shifting green shadows added to the shimmer.
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