"Grave Valley and Black Valley? Sounds like we're surrounded by a necromancer's wet dream." Oh shit. "That... That isn't a thing, right? Necromancers?"

"Fuck me I hope not," Jes said. "Zombies are scary."

"Damn scary," Caera said, nodding, as if what she said made perfect sense and wasn't the most ridiculous thing David had ever heard.

"You guys know you're demons, right? Super strong? Lift big rocks and tear people apart like they're made of tissue paper?"

Daoka hopped in closer and unleashed a flurry of clicks. Hand gestures included running, chasing, and something that looked like falling and being swarmed.

"Daoka's right," Caera said. "A few billion human corpses,...