I was urinating in the river when they found me. A [Shadow Spirit 2] and a [Night Stalker 3]. The latter was much like Nightmare Man, a spirit I'd known in my first life. It was capable of taking physical form, doing physical damage.
<Child.> the Shadow said. <Unleash your charge, that we may sunder him.>
<Else,> the Night Stalker added, <we needs must rend your soul open and take him.>
See? This is but one of the reasons why no Truthspeaker should make deals with spirits.
<Asshole.> I said to Dawnflower, resting comfortably in my abdomen.
<I invoke rights of hospitality!> he demanded.
<Coward.> Shadow said.
<And fool as well. The child is only... oh...>
My mouth was open, the [Jaws of Wrath] around my tongue. A simple activation...
With spirits so strong, I barely needed any of my magical skills to track them. So I remained at the river, minding my own business.