He'd lost track of time, it wasn't something he'd believed was possible. But he no longer had any idea how long he'd been under Yorvet's thumb, trapped in a horse form, put to work like a servant or worse...a farm animal. It was long enough that he hardly stumbled any more over the four hooved feet. Hardly ever flinched when the stupid dark tail of his flicked back and forth trying to bat away at the persistent flies that seemed to multiply in the fervid plain's heat. The only thing he thought about on a near constant basis, was that he hated his dark brown coat. It trapped the heat to the point where he thought he would burn alive. Not that Yorvet cared, no. Noble Kolton probably was long forgotten to the Sorcerer's mind. He was just 'Kolt' now. A horse. A work horse, reduced to pulling the wagon carrying the tents. More often than not Kolt hardly thought himself more than that now either. He'd been at it for ever. Being human seemed like a dream.
Fervid -1: very hot : burning 2: marked by often extreme intensity of feeling.
Added Info - The Latin verb fervere can mean "to boil" or "to glow," as well as, by extension, "to seethe" or "to be roused." In English, this root gives us three words that can mean "impassioned" in varying degrees: "fervid," "fervent," and "perfervid." "Fervid" and "fervent" are practically synonymous, but while "fervid" usually suggests warm emotion that is expressed in a spontaneous or feverish manner (as in "fervid basketball fans"), "fervent" is reserved for a kind of emotional warmth that is steady and sincere (as in "a fervent belief in human kindness"). "Perfervid" combines "fervid" with the prefix "per-" ("thoroughly"0 to create a word meaning "marked by overwrought or exaggerated emotion," as in "a perfervid display of patriotism."
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