an elephant, really?

Kaizen felt somewhat...unsure what to make of the wide open space of The God's Garden. He was used to Tojo and its bamboo fortress, it was almost strange to see the sky, to be able to move in any direction he pleased and not be cut off by a wall or winding corridor. He wrinkled his nose, not quite agoraphobic, but it was different, and on that alone he couldn't quite place whether he liked it or not. Kaizen was leaning towards no. But he was no longer a child, he was free to roam within reason and so he did. The long grass tickled his limbs as he wandered through the open field, spotting a large grey shape in the distance- not the castle but a beast.

He paused, head tilting as he observed the creature. It was massive, truly, tall and lumbering, skin as grey as the old stones that cobbled the garden's pathways. It did not notice him at first, content to grab trunkfuls of sweet grass as it grazed. Perhaps he wandered too close, or the fact he was so blatantly, and perhaps quite rudely, staring caught the beast's attention. He blinked slowly, head tilting as it made a lumbering step towards him- he felt the ground rumble beneath his paws, the sheer weight and mass of the creature dawning on him as it approached. Each step falling quicker than the last, working up to a charge.