What is a creepy, but totally natural thing the creatures of your world can do?

It’s not really about them being unsure if it’s a neighbor anymore. Rabbitkiller has been doing it for over a year and they know how to actually tell if it’s the wyrm or not by asking about the weather that day (“It was sunny” “It was raining”). The wyrm is like a parrot who can repeat a phrase but it doesn’t actually know what it means. It’s more about the disconcerting effect of hearing a neighbor’s voice screaming for help. Rabbitkiller isn’t particularly smart, more of a one trick pony. Sometimes he copies the voice of a villager he’s already killed, so it’s a dead giveaway it’s not him. If you check a window to see if it’s Rabbitkiller, he might see that you are in the house and won’t leave. All human structures smell like humans so he can only confirm a human presence by sound or sight.

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