“You said you don’t know how many kinds of ‘bumps’ there are out there,” said Eliza, looking at Alessandro’s dark hair in the firelight. “But, how many kinds do you know of?”
He shrugged and thought for a moment.
“Maybe, eight?”
“*Eight?* What are they?”
“Obviously, you’ve got vampires and werewolves,” he began, looking up in thought every couple of moments. “There are sirens, like Ms. Veselsky. There are magicians. Ghosts are real but not what you would think. Supposedly, there are fairies, but in all my life, I’ve never seen one. Supposedly, there are fauns or satyrs and centaurs, but I don’t know if they exist anymore. There’s a rumor that a djinn or two but not in this part of the world. I’ve heard of-”
“Wait, wait, wait,” Eliza interrupted. “There are a lot of these you’re saying that you’ve heard of but aren’t sure about. What makes you-”