. . . skinwalke . .

. . Sssh, you know you’re not supposed to say that out loud.

Because I would be summonsin . .

. . Sssh. Please.  Film scared the shit out of me.

You’re freakin’ me out a bit.

                               It was only a movie.

To you, to you maybe. I call it something else.

    Yee naaldlooshii?

What?

The film enthused me. My sister studied Native American culture, First People, in college, and collected a wide array of books. From one of the books, in Navajo culture, yee naaldlooshii is a harmful witch who has the ability to shapechange, possess, to disguise themselves as an animal.

It means “by means of it, it goes on all fours.”

rolling her eyes  Great.

Doesn’t that help?

No.

        If I have reason, and very rarely, to have to talk about it, it, I call it a flesh pedestrian.

she hadnt taken a breath   Flesh.   Pedestrian.

    Yes.

That’s original.   I have to hand it to you.

That way I can’t, it’s impossible, I can’t possibly summons it.

    Summons it. she rubbed the outside corner of her eye with her index finger   Summons.

Yes.

You’re a bit of a freak, you know that?

Maybe.    Maybe.

                     But I’m alive . . . and I’m not followed, not pursued.

Can’t say the same for you.

OhJesus.

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