Chapter 20: Mission, Part 3
After a few minutes, something stirred in the rushing current, a dark, mottled blue-brown blob that turned into a winding, sinuous stream as it came out of the water and looped around the Tamer. Raffé had expected horns, but the serpent really just had long, stiff fins on each side of its head, each segment ending in a sharp point. It was not quite as wide as an average man, its scales shifting from gray-blue to muddy brown.
Turning around, the serpent still wrapped around him, the Tamer asked, "Who wants to be the controller?"
"You're not coming along?" Yrian asked.
"Most of the other Tamers are gone, contending with the beasts coming out because of the flooding. I'm under orders to remain on premises. Otherwise, I gladly would. So who?"
Raffé shook his head and stepped back. "Now is not the time for me to learn on the move."