It was unlike any creature I have ever known. The head was too large and perfectly spherical to be human. It looked as though a million fine cocoons had been combined and painted the same shade of charcoal. Fuzzy around the edges, as if fine hairs protruded in every direction.
Was it vibrating? Though the creature stood still the head seemed to be moving but not as if it was trying to go somewhere or turn. It was as if I were missing frames of memory and it appeared to jump millimetres back and forth between two positions on the shoulders though never actually moving.
Glowing yellow eyes sat in on the head as if they had been painted on yet seeming to glow from within. Even though I was frightened I found I could not look away.
A hat made of twigs sat upon its head. It rose to a high cone that resembled a witches with a rim of twigs that followed the cone around full and extended over the front and back of the creatures head.
A large fabric covered the rest of the creature from the neck to the ground. Like a great poncho without holes for arms meant to eternally conceal what lie beneath.
I woke from my daze with my brow furrowed. I wondered what it was, where it was, and in the midst of my confusion the words dream keeper echoed in my mind.