Thellius crouches atop a large hill the sun warming his black scales, he stretches his massive wings after the longest flight he has ever had in his lifetime. As he relaxes in his comfortable position he smells the air and sneezes as he takes in his first breath of pollution. He scratches at his long serpentine snout trying to ease the burning sensation that irritates his large nostrils. But the sensation is pushed into the back of his mind as he also detects the scent of prey. He focuses his vision onto the direction the sent is coming from. Suddenly he realises he is at outskirts of a massive city that seems to be teeming with prey. The foul air had kept it hidden in a dense fog in the air but now it is standing before him with no gates and no guards. He eventually adapts to the awful air that hangs around the area and the burning has faded away, Thellius has never seen such large buildings before in his entire life, but he carefully watches from afar not daring to enter yet.
He contemplates a brief wingover of the city but the thought is repelled to the back of his mind. Suddenly a massive bird of steel lands in the bowels of this new city but that is only one of the fascinating marvels of the city. As he watches all this new prey with his keen vision he notices the incredible volume of creatures that dwell here. He has not seen this many species of prey in one area and so close to each other. Thellius does know one thing that this haven of steel and rock is what they all call home they don't even need to leave the limits of the city for food. It might just be the greatest thing Thellius has ever encountered in his minuscule lifespan but his father has told him many tales of how advanced they are. And he also told Thellius how weak they have become since his elders from centuries past used to hunt them and that they now rely on weapons rather than tooth and nail. But this was far more intimidating than his father had prepared him for; there were thousands of them walking the roads so many that they had to literally walk shoulder to shoulder. he flexed his claws ripping gaping holes in the earth and his tail lashing from side to side with its knife like talon at the tip slicing through the air as his mind played with the anticipation of so many kills and feasts ahead of him.
As he continues to overlook the area he is awed that so many things that are lit up unnaturally by strange globes and rods he wondered if the city would ever be touched by darkness when night fell. This alone presented a grand challenge to Thellius his clan hunts best at night and if he is robbed of the cover of darkness things will get very challenging indeed. Thellius decided he should familiarise himself with the city first before he begins hunting them. But unfortunately for his prey Thellius is capable of transforming his body to look like whatever he wants at any time but his level of skill is only limited to the basics. He can barely make himself the size of his prey yet hit elders can make them selves thrice the size of what they truly are. His prey may have technology but Thellius species has been able to use more arcane abilities ever since he was a hatchling he could transform. But he must patiently focus his mind and body more before he will be able to unlock far greater powers.
As Thellius decided on the shape he would assume he would rather choose a form that would be his standard from when wandering the city. He decided to pick something along the lines of a child to make himself less noticeable. Using the kids that he could see with his vision he used them as a template for his form. He imagined himself to be rather short with glasses and wearing a uniform to fit in with their youth. He gave himself short pointy ears and small snout with tiny nose at the end his tail was short and a little bushy and his fur was long and straight. He made sure his build was diminutive trying to be as weak looking as possible. Once he had the image in his head he could feel his body bending and melting into this new form. Satisfied with his new look he ventured off into the city to see what more he could find that his vision did not discover. As he explored the city he was shocked to see all the strange things that they had and so much useless trinkets and accessories that they carried on them. He can now clearly see how lazy they have become they have tools that do almost all the work for them. There were so many things that he saw he could not take notice to them all in one day every sense was overwhelmed in moments.
The most fascinating object had to be what they used to get around the city with. They were large objects that moved around with wheels at the base and they moved incredibly fast they came in as many shapes and sizes that his prey dose. But the best part is when the driver losses control and crashes. The clamour of sounds with the tinkling noises glass and harsh scraping metal that scatters along the road followed by the screams of the creatures that witness an accident sounded like music to Thellius that he found all quite enjoyable to watch and hear.
After a spending few days of examining the city Thellius played with idea of attempting to understand their language to little avail. After giving up on that he took the time to see what other clans have laid claim to this city. He was shocked to notice that this place was totally devoid of his own species he even searched the sewers to find some of his own kind. And after a journey that took him high and low even though his kind may be camouflaged like Thellius is they still leave a distinct smell that only his kind could pick up on. But he came across absolutely nothing this also meant that he had this grand city to him self. He has absolutely no competition for claim to any area Thellius has every inch of this city to himself. But it was like a double edged sword as well because this also meant that there would be absolutely no females of his clan or even species either. He would have no way to calm his sexual hormones that raged inside him as he was starting to enter adulthood. Thellius was tormented by this thought that he would be unable to keep his ache for sex under control until he reached full adulthood and that takes many years that were now starting to seem like eternity.