Mon May 10 2021 at 4:38:07 When the strange boy stepped out of the rose bushes by the back fence, carrying the soccer ball Cameron had accidentally tossed back there, Cameron did not initially notice the little goat horns on his head that were poking up amidst the boy's black hair. He did not notice the thin, whip-like tail sprouting from the boy's behind, nor the tuft of black fur at the tail's end, nor the distinct point of the boy's ears. He did notice the boy's strange clothes-- a long green coat with dazzling patterns and pictures woven into it, the strange and equally elaborate vest under it, the pants that only went to just above the boy's ankles. But he noticed all that in juxtaposition to the boy's bare feet-- which were completely normal looking, but were standing on some of the fallen rose vines.