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| She did not look anything like a horned horse, as unicorns |
| are often pictured, being smaller and cloven-hoofed, and |
| possessing that oldest, wildest grace that horses never had, |
| that deer have only in a shy, thin imitation and goats in |
| dancing mockery. Her neck was long and slender, making her |
| head seem smaller then it was, and the mane that fell |
| almost to the middle of her back was as soft as dandelion |
| fluff and as fine as cirrus. She had pointed ears and thin |
| legs, with feathers of white hair at the ankles; and the |
| long horn above her eyes shone and shivered with its own |
| seashell light even in the deepest midnight... |
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