Deepwood Weald i looked away

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a stringy cackle greeted the demon's demand; buffalo had let the bulb fall from his bloodstained jaws at the appearance of a static-edged figure glinting through the light. spirit or living thing, the madman did not care — buffalo held himself still within the glowing spears of light, sensing he was not easily seen. "i think not," came his rolling tenor, warm with a familiarity he had not earned.
"didn't your daddy teach you not to traipse around strange lands alone, doll?" he added after a pause, pacing glibly to the left and letting his bloodstained jaws catch the light as he stepped into view. a hiccuping guffaw broke from the madman; his ice-fire eyes pinned her with a swiftly deepening hunger.
"didn't mommy teach you about the bogeyman?" 
buffalo snapped his head into a tilt, droplets of blood flying from his jaws to spatter the pristine snow beyond.