Imagine a beast as big as a fortress.

Imagine a palace that walks like a man.

Imagine a leopard as tall as a cliff,

whose head is a courtyard,

whose great hunchback bristles with minarets.

Imagine a bison whose hooves can hold granaries,

whose legs are stone towers,

whose eyes are greenhouses

whose hump holds a ball-court

whose horns span the height

of great Chri's city walls.

- Gutu Mar 'omot, The Cassars