Esme felt a strange sensation. She looked behind her, a thoughtful frown on her face. 
Was that... a child crying?
It sounded faint, like an echo, but it was there. She was about to ask Hag if he heard it but it faded a moment later. When she turned back around Hag was introducing her to someone. It was a very pretty girl.
Esme smiled and nodded to the girl. "It's nice to meet you. I really hope I can fit in here."

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Chance squealed excitedly and gave the dagger a lick. The blood tasted exotic, a mixture of snake and Kodama blood. 
"Yummy!" she said, twirling around. She stopped when she spotted the three people who got blood on them. "Oh," she said in a regretful voice. "Look. They got all messy. Silly Billys," she said, taking the hand of one of them, a woman, and another who was a man. "Come on, we can go to Kodama's tent and you can get clean."
Her eye's flashed orange and her stomach growled as she led them towards the tent.