Across the prairie, a lone rider approaches. The sun rises behind him, shrouding him in darkness. Black against red.
He rides closer. The sun creeps upward, a flame lapping at the hem of a curtain. The morning's heat makes his shape waver and dance. A man astride a horse at one moment; a beast of a thousand hands at another.
He rides closer. The sun is high. Staring straight down, accusing. The only signs of his progress are puffs of…