GR translation: seized out of the last ruffling of a great sigh

[David Morris]

The most literal meaning of being "seized" is being physically grasped in a
fast manner.  Like being caught & shook without warning.  Look up "seizure."

David Morris

On Monday, September 5, 2016, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> V342.17-24, P347.18-26   But Snake here is not so much Midnight-wild
> as methodically homicidal. Worse, he’s unpredictable. When you go to
> ride him he may be indifferent, or docile as a maiden. But then again,
> with no warning, seized out of the last ruffling of a great sigh, he
> could manage to kill you simply as the gesture of a hoof, the serpent
> tuck of a head toward the exact moment and spot on the ground that
> you’ll cease to live. No way to tell: for months he can be no trouble
> at all. So far he’s ignored Tchitcherine. But he’s tried for Džaqyp
> Qulan three times.
>
> What does "seized" mean here? And is the sigh the horse's?
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