46.2 - Leech

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.