Then Indrajit's fairseeming form changed. Gone was the friendly lean ascetic. There was Indrajit the raven-haired warrior, dressed in blue and yellow silk, his skin dark red like spilled blood, a yellow flower in his long hair, his eyes sharp green with eat's pupils, a golden chain wound nine times round his waist, a white spot of sandalwood on his brow, a great round blue steel shield in one hand, a bow backed with gold serpents in the other, a full quiver slung over his back and a sword at his belt in a silver sheath.

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