When the curtain was completely drawn back, the guests let out bursts of astonished exclamations.
The creature locked in the cage was a half-human, half-ape monster. Its skull was generally triangular, inverted, with a flat, broad forehead, protruding brow ridges, and sunken eye sockets. The collapsed, flat bridge of its nose connected to a large, broad, upturned nose. Its cheekbones jutted out, covered with a layer of light brown fuzz that transitioned across its entire face and body. Its lower jaw projected forward unusually, unlike an ordinary human's, with thin lips. When it opened its mouth, one could see pale, irregular teeth.
This half-human, half-ape was shorter than an average person and unclothed, save for a layer of dense brown fuzz covering its body. It sat cross-legged, spine bent, its two relatively slender arms resting on its kneecaps. Heavy, secure metal shackles were clasped around its wrists and ankles.
