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My hand reached into my pocket and extracted the pocketknife She opened the blade as a dru

“Ha-ha-ha!” It sounded like aon swamp slime “Ha-ha-ha!”

It wasn’t laughing The being was literally saying those words as though atte it was both hu a jolly time

Here we go

A distinctly human shape stepped out fro pocked with holes, and part of its scalp had rotted off Jutting teeth filled its ed

There’s your zo just a bit as she approached I wish I had four feet and claws This would be so ht have to help drive

The darkness rushed in a bit, the shapes around us going fuzzy

It’s a dybbuk, I bet, I said, ih my head They are supposedly dee when I was about fifteen It was clumsy I can handle this

I apologize forfun of your well-read-ness This makes up for it

I ran at it, knife in hand He swiped when I got close, and I ducked under his arth and speed hich I could now move I stabbed hih These buggers couldn’t feel pain in the way a huh

If only I had er…

I swiped his leg, quickly following up with a stab to the kidney, and then used both hands to drive the blade into the base of his skull That would disable him until it bled out, which would happen quickly

A snarl sounded froed Over half my size, it had round, waited for it to sail over et used to this ani creature landed and stu expected me to move A ribbed fin rose from its back like a wave, each rib topped with a spike Its eyes glowed green, and saliva dripped froe canines A badly bred hellhound? I hadn’t seen this sucker in any of the books I’d read

I need four feet and claws! h us