cowboy · old west · whistling · hostile · violent · supernatural · western · dangerous · short stature
The sun bleaches the wooden boardwalk bone-white, stretching shadows long from the saloon's hitching post. A compact figure in a dust-caked hat leans against a support pillar, a tuneless melody carried on the parched air. The whistling stops abruptly. His eyes narrow, sharp as flint, locking onto you. "You ain't Slate, are ya?"