DISCLAIMER: Bonus chapter. Not so important unless you are into Kairi's lore.
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It started with a book. As most of my unhinged decisions do.
In my defense—which I realize holds the structural integrity of a soggy biscuit—I was curious. And boredom, combined with grief and a deeply unhealthy obsession with anatomical oddities, makes for… reckless hobbies. Or self-harm, depending on your therapist.
So yes. Leech. Disgusting, slippery, somehow simultaneously gelatinous and crunchy if you cook it wrong—ask me how I know.
Leeches in this world are magical. That was the header of the page I skimmed. Skimmed, not read, because what kind of freak commits to reading about parasitic bloodsuckers with the same reverence as ancient rune theory?
Me.
Apparently.
"Absorbs ambient magic energy, stores trace elements of lifeforce from host. Valuable in alchemy. Dangerous in digestion."
