Kennocha Lake... Most Creative Title Evah

Aku stood stiffly on the bank staring at the ice like he expected answers to leap out at him. He glanced around them in search of signs the frozen waters were inhabited. Boginky liked to hide in the reeds and scrub that rimmed bodies of water. There was nothing as far as he could tell; no grotesque foot prints in the snow, no claw marks on the ice. No sign that a twisted beast in the shape of an old woman lived and hunted nearby. Still, to be safe, he explained to Jynn, "A boginka is a demon. She is most feared for stealing newborns and replacing them with changelings, but sometimes when there are no babies around she gets lonely."

He moved to the edge of the water and pressed a paw to the ice. "Then she gets angry and she pulls wolves down and drowns them." After letting that sink in Aku turned to Jynn. "I think we should try, just carefully. If there is one around perhaps we will escape her notice if we are quiet and if we do not...perhaps the ice will slow her down." It was a risk, sure, but Aku had no idea if there were even any boginky in Boreas or if they were native only to his homeland.