The Villain's Hero
I hurried on, not wanting to appear to be staring at him.
The activity thinned nearer to the monster. The great bonfire had been reduced to a mound of ashes that still gave off heat, and the grass had been trampled down to the dirt.
In death, the monster had collapsed onto its belly, its long, thin legs folded up against the body except for the great pinchers that lay before it, forming a cup towards the remains of its face, the many-faceted eyes dulled. Bugs had landed to feast upon the moisture of the eyeballs and had, from some nature of the liquid, become stuck there, their wings fluttering futilely.