Chapter 197: Devourers
Kim wasn't sure what exactly Jonas had been going on, but seeing the kind of rat tail-like thing hanging out the back of Elin's head was hard to dismiss.
She wasn't sure what this development meant, but she definitely didn't like it. It made it clear that something did in fact happen rather than Elin just being tired.
"What? What is it?" Elin asked, starting to squirm under Kim's hold.
"We've merely confirmed that something has in fact entered your mind," Jonas said.
"What?!" Elin shrieked, clearly alarmed.
"Calm down," Kim ordered, dropping Elin's hair and putting both of her hands on Elin's shoulders. "Freaking out isn't going to help you."
"But how do I get it out!?" she cried, sounding like she was close to becoming hysterical.
"What if we treat it like it's a tick?" Jonas asked.
"What're you talking about?" one of the few women in the army asked.
"Well, first, a tick is a parasitic insect that will, if I remember correctly, insert it's head into a host where it will feed on the blood. The host could be an animal or even human, the tick doesn't really care. As long as it has blood to drink.
"However, the problem with ticks is that they can carry a variety of diseases, and so aren't something people like to deal with where I come from. So, I've heard of a number of ways to get the ticks to come out on their own. If you try to force it out, the tick's head will come off and you won't be able to get it out. So, there's a few ways I've heard about to get ticks to come out on their own," Jonas answered.