I met a man who called himself Will

He was the first person I met in Florence, and he taught me many things about how to survive here.

Through his lessons, I learned who to avoid, how to avoid drawing the wrong kind of attention, and who to go to for help.

He also tried to warn me about something, that I still do not completely understand. He told me that there are things that exist deep in the woods, unlike that which have ever been seen, by the eyes of man.

We sat one night by the fire in our, me and Justin's campsite, and Will and I heard an unearthly sound.

It was sounded sort of like a screeching cat but not exactly.

I guess maybe the closest way I could describe it is

It sounded like some non-carbon based life form was trying to scream,

But it didn't understand what a mouth was, what a scream was, and why you would use a mouth to scream.

Will said he thought it might be a shape shifter, like from native tales.

Wherever the scream came from, the creature did not come after us. I have since wondered why.

Will also spoke of a cat, called Hello Kitty, that wanders the woods.

He spoke of her with a fear, but with a fear that bordered on reverence, and now that I think about it, the cat might be...

The scariest thing of all.

Imagine, all sorts of terrifying woods creatures...

afraid of a cat,,,

What kind of cat, would inspire that fear?