[ Oh. That was... intense. While the monster -- spirit? -- wasn't necessarily any more horrifying than some of the monsters in her own world, the atmosphere of that memory was much different. She's not used to going up against anything she can't hit with either an arrow or a spell, and she's not one for thinking up clever strategies if she did encounter something like that, so it's the relative lack of agency that's the scary part.
...Well, that and that last vision. ]
A-ah... Yeah. Sorry.
That was one of those spirits you mentioned before, I guess.
Yeah, basically. Anyone who dies with a strong enough grudge can become a spirit, even if they're really young. She had some kind of disease that made her gigantic so the village shunned her and they never really taught anything.
There was a children's song that went:
Head to the Great Tarou Kintoki on the 15th night. Offer to the Great Tarou Kintoki and dad will feel better.
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...Well, that and that last vision. ]
A-ah... Yeah. Sorry.
That was one of those spirits you mentioned before, I guess.
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So... they start as normal people and then turn into things like that, you mean?
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There was a children's song that went:
Head to the Great Tarou Kintoki on the 15th night. Offer to the Great Tarou Kintoki and dad will feel better.
...get it?