Land Otter Person

Raven thought it ironic that, in his moment of crisis, he should come across another creature in crisis, yet one was before him: it was a land otter man changing from a man into a land otter before Raven’s very eyes. Now “kushtaka” is the name given to the shape-shifting spirits who make their home in the deep forest and scavenge for lost souls. They are called this because their natural state is that of a land otter, “kushta,” and they often transform into a man, “ka.” A land otter person never wants to be caught changing states of being, because they are unable to speak or otherwise defend themselves when they are in transition. In addition to issues of self-preservation, you can imagine the sounds of the bones cracking and synovial fluids slushing and splooshing—nobody wants to witness that. Demurely, Raven averted his eyes and closed his ears until the unappetizing sounds had concluded