I wasn't either, until recently. [ She gestures to her torso, where the outline of a heavy bandage can be seen through her sweater. ]

It was dormant until World War II and the woman who revived the Nogitsune buried it in our town. I ... [ God, how does she even begin to talk about the surrogate sacrifices? That will have to come later. She breathes in the coffee for a moment. ] Darkness woke the him up again and he took our friend Stiles as a host.