"Wh-what is it?" The look made her nervous, and for a moment, Chloe thought about ignoring it. Thought about pretending that whatever was causing him to look that way was definitely not something she wanted to know about. But she wasn't some baby anymore, and she'd definitely faced some disturbing things...

Swallowing loudly, she looked down at her foot. It was long and black, attached to her foot like a parasite that she hadn't even felt. Even if she had never seen one in person before, she could recognize it from movies. Leech. It was about half a second after she connected the name to the creature attached to her that she jumped up and screamed.

Not that that was likely going to help her in either removing the thing or making her seem capable of handling herself.

"Get it off of me!" Her heart hammered in her chest as the panic rose.