Imagine a body about the size and shape of a refrigerator. Give it arms as long as its legs, all four ending in big pointy claws, an' a faceful of teeth with a ten foot tongue. The tongues were slimy, and I did not have access to a shower.

[She leans forward. It is very urgent that he understand her suffering.]

For a week. I was covered in toad slime and sand for an entire week. I am never, ever taking running water for granted again.