Almost at once, the presence took shape in the astral before him. The spirit looked vaguely like a troll at first glance because of the girth and the horns on its head. But the horns were three in number, curving back from the temples and from the center of its forehead, going from a black luster to blood red in subtle shifts. The face was triangular, definitely bovine. At the end of the short, bowed legs were cloven hoofs. The body consisted of hard, carved white marble shot through with deep purple veins.