Left step, right step, jump and flip. Left step twirl, cover self with blanket, shift. It's a mere instant which is more of an eternity. Time slows and magic swallows you, the beast within catches then scent and pushes it's way out. Two feet become four paws, five feet of become three, colors change, and scents surround me. The blanket is lifted and the sun blinds my eyes. Oohs and ahhs, gasps and words. Jinki, my partner works the crowd, dancing and enticing them with rambunctious words. Gold fills the horse hide sack. I stare into the eyes of the crowd and I prance around, getting close, and jumping back. Not a snarl on my lips, just a swish of the tail. They're scared, rightfully so, I've just become a wolf before their very eyes, though they think it's all smoke and mirrors mostly. Some know there is some magic behind it, but not in the way they think.