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"You see son, you go for the human's throat like this, now some people don't like leaving behind corpses. It's not good to leave behind evidence, but it'll be up to you. So if you're hungry and don't want to leave a trail just do this."
The young boy blinks as he watches his father whisper in this woman's ear. She has a terrified look with a bite wound on her neck. The woman begs his dad to stop, but soon she went still with her eyes closed.
The young boy, Ryan, blinks slowly at the scene with an expressionless gaze. He's seen hunting before through documentaries and movies his father educated him with. It's... quite an experience.
He didn't say anything as his father sits up quickly and sniffs the air. Ryan knew his father is sniffing out another human and scanned the house as well.
"There's another one here, this is a test. Find them, use your senses to find them."
Ryan nods, standing to his feet. The eight-year-old listens intently for the human and hears a rapid heartbeat nearby. He looks at the closed closet and makes his way over there.
'Typical hiding spot,' Ryan thought, gripping the doorknob.
He opens the door and finds a little girl in the closet. She stares up at him in fear and shakes. "Good job son, but that one is too small, not enough blood in her body," his father comes up to pat him on the shoulder. "So what will you do in this situation?"
"Erase her memory of this," Ryan said, monotone.
The little girl begins to cry and backs herself in a corner, trying to get away from them. Ryan gets close to her and kneels in front of her. Ryan leans close and starts whispering in her ear. "Forget this ever happened, if you forget you and your mom will be safe. You were playing hide and seek, that's why you're in the closet."
When he leans back the little girl goes still too and closes her eyes. Ryan tilts his head to the side when he blur of a picture fills his mind. Blood was covered in his hands with an older woman staring at him. She's gripping her chest as she looks up at him.
"Ryan!"
Ryan squeezes his eyes shut as his father pulls him out of the closet. His father pulls him out of the backdoor, fleeing the scene.
