Mammoth Reincarnate

I remember walking these plains, lifetimes ago; I feel it in my bones.

I used to walk, 12 feet tall and miles in a day. My long coat kept out the worst of the cold, but dangers were all around...

Long-fanged cats stalked our young, and the very ground would swallow us. Humans too were dangerous.

So it was, one year, we crossed a frozen pond.

I'd fallen through thinner ice; I couldn't pull myself back out. And so my life ebbed away, beholden to the ice.

Now I walk these plains again. But this time, I'm on two feet.