a pair of horns grew from his head as long as scimitars and just as razor sharp , his tan complexion pigmented to a light shade of brown and hair grew on top of his balding hairline to cover his entire head , wild and shaggily extending downward , down his back , his suit breaking as his muscles grew covered with hair and darkening in shade , small tendrils protruded from his back and extended outward like a metamorphosis of a larva from a cocoon and becoming a pair of gigantic bat wings flapping back so far they knocked over to the carpeted floor a pair of historical chinese figurines on his desk .