Shimmering heat radiated from the ground, creating an illusion of vertigo and weightlessness. The creature was however, unaffected. Eight legs and a tail stepped slowly out of the rock outcrop.
Unusual
Unfazed by the heat and the shine is the sun, as if its shiny exoskeleton were a shield of reflection against its abating glare, the monstrosity of nature crept forward. Unusual, because scorpions usually skitter to avoid the heat of the desert floor.
Not another omen
The arachnid seemed to saunter pass him, stopping only momentarily as if to ponder the similarities it bore to the towering figure to its side. Then, as if dismissing the unimportance of the stranger, it continued its slow journey, tail waving back and forth, pincers stiff ahead.