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girl_from_the_crypt OP t1_j299f78 wrote

Reply to comment by FaustusC in A warning to the wannabe cryptid hunters: Yuletide is dangerous around here by girl_from_the_crypt

Dude. We've been living here for generations. We're not waiting for some kinda godsend to come kill off these creatures for us. Also, Gryla is just... Gryla. She's been around for centuries. I don't think this would be the first time someone's attempted to kill her. She's still alive for a reason, and people don't go up against her for a reason.

More importantly, how would you seduce the Leshy? Like, I'm seriously interested. And, like... You do want his human form, right?

Right?

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Kitchen-Market-7688 t1_j29jf1i wrote

That sounds as if you have seen the Leshy's human form.

But then, it also seems the Leshy holds you in high regard.
Are you, perhaps, distantly, very distantly, related to the Leshy? It would explain the thing with your family and being the caretakers of that special piece of land.

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girl_from_the_crypt OP t1_j29tlyh wrote

I have! I talked about that yesterday, remember? The man with the cudgel.

I doubt we're related. My ancestors are a whole thing. I'll have to explain that sometime too, but I don't think we are.

The Leshy is, well... I GUESS he holds me in SOME regard, but it's not high. Not very high, at least. He's a proud creature, and he pays me and my family some begrudging respect. The woods are his truly, but they're ours on paper, and let's just say he's willing to share his title to some extent.

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FaustusC t1_j29kxwq wrote

And? There's a reason you only find things like this in little havens like yours. Humanity has evolved to the point where they're nuisances because we allow it. For the most part.

I'm no savior or godsend. Far from it.

It's not like she's an old one or something. She's like a crocodile. You let it live in the river behind your home and for the most part, it's just there. Doesn't affect your day to day. But then, one day it gets big enough that it does. Maybe it goes after you, your dog or... A kid. At which point it becomes a hazard and needs to be removed. Ideally that could be somewhere else, a relocation. But we both know that's not how this world works.

All of those questions are between me and the Leshy, thank you very much.

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