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“Ghillie?” “It’s an old word,” said Daniil. “Gaelic—an ex-IRA sniper told me this. He said it means ‘black-haired lad’—except the lad in question is not a human boy. It’s a mountain spirit. An elemental force. It can be kind or cruel—makes no difference to them. Because they were never human.”
“People used to believe in these things—superstitions, fairy tales. And act on those beliefs. But it comes from somewhere—don’t you think?”