My eyes twitched and I slowly turned around. Behind me, rising three meters out of the water, were a grey and white river serpent. It was thick enough around the neck that three men couldn’t have reached around if they tried. Its face was that of a dragon, framed by a grey tangle of hair. One of its eyes were closed, the edges crusted with algae, the other shone blue, like the sea in a storm. The eyebrows were long wisps of grey hair, and it crested in a frown as the creature looked down at me.