“I found something while reading up on estries—I mentioned estries earlier, yes? I was skimming through the Sefer Hasidim and came across some detailed descriptions. How estries are undeterred by religious iconography, how they can stroll into a temple or a church and not bat an eye. Heh, no pun intended with the bat part.” Ana squeezed the phone. “Anyway, there was one particularly novel method of killing an estrie. Surprisingly simple. Ready? You stuff earth into their mouth. Isn’t that interesting?” “Earth?” Again, like a language she didn’t know, yet spoke. “In fact, two things seem to be
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