I remeber now how it bounced. All time stopped for me as the stone moved, hurtling towards the huge Ylian. I clearly recall how it struck sharply upon his forehead with a resounding clang.
Jandryl often exclaims that my eyes about popped out as the stone came arcing back.
I didnt know it at the time but the Ylian named Gnal, as I later found out, was wearing a iron circlet upon his brow his flowing red curls hiding it fully.
As time stopped I recall thinking that my teachers had been wrong Ylians were not like us.There heads were made of metal covered to look like ours as the stone struck before everything went dark.
Hey I was only 11.