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Kiedy wejdziesz między wrony musisz krakać tak jak one.* —Polish saying * When among crows, you must caw as one.
The leszy has the body of a man stretched beyond its capacity—long arms that end in big, clawed hands; sturdy, split hooves; and a stag’s skull as a head. His staff is the size of a sapling. Moss grows on his broad, flat shoulders, and flowers bloom in his eye sockets.
“Don’t be fooled by her human face, her human voice,” she said. “That is no woman.”
There’s always sacrifice in building something that’s never been built before, and sacrifice creates a debt, and debts create a space for magic to rush in.
“Not everyone who celebrates Christmas believes in it,”
Her quiet is like the sky reflecting on still water: it obscures the depth and the dark of what lies beneath it.
