When it emerged from the Python Egg, it saw its master for the first time.
It had been raised by the master and had long since become attuned to the master's intentions.
Xiaodong sat atop the snake and discovered that their current location was extremely secluded, having wound through several small paths, past many farmhouses, and then through a copse of trees. Behind the woods there was a temporarily constructed model house.
The model house had a tiny window without even a pane of glass.
Xiaodong halted here, knowing this must be the place.
He dismounted from the snake's back and cautiously peered into the window, but he was too short to see inside no matter how he stretched on his tiptoes.
Xiaodong swept its tail around and lifted Xiaodong to the window with a coil.
