"If whatever is in this tree doesn't kill us I'll show you later." she promised, seeing no reason not to indulge the girl and buy herself some bonus points.

"Yeah Dad he...well he could turn into whatever he wanted. His body would go all soft and gritty like sand. And he would change forms to anything he imagined."

She fought against the urge to drift off into memories of a happier time, back when she was too stupid to know how dark the world would get.