And there is this very sinister-looking blue-black track mark along his neck, sort of creeping up towards his face and then down towards his chest.

Mm.

And I think I...

Like, obviously, like, I'm really taken aback.

I think I get out my rifle.

I'm sort of a- I've got my rifle, I've got my knife h- to hand, and I sort of just look at it and go, and I sort of give this like, "Ho," shout at him, and then I sort of shout a bit louder, "Ho." Does he, does he react?

Mm.

So I'm, I'm gonna be like, "Okay, cool.

The others look like they're very scared.

I know.

I, I've just got no, like, sort of other witchy stuff I can do back.

I've got my knife.

I've got my rifle.

I've got my father's walking stick.

Um-

You can shout as you do it, for example.

So I'm, I'm personally gonna be following them, 'cause it seems like he might have the best idea.

Well, I think I've got...

I don't think I've got the rifle fully out, but I'm, I can get it out pretty quick, so I've got the rifle ready, and my hand's sort of near the rifle, and the other hand's near the, near my knife.

You did.

So at the moment...

Well, before I did that, I just want to be clear on something.

M- my damage on it was one, and I had a plus one bonus, but then I've got something I've written down called sharpened tools plus two.

Mm.

And I was on the edge of the forest by my, the farmhouse that I grew up on.

And there were, there was, there's, like, a ditch sort of surround, like, sort of s- kind of at the south side of the edge of the farmhouse, where the farmhouse, in between where the farmhouse meets the forest, there's a ditch.

And I remember looking into the distance and seeing my father just wandering off into the wood.

Mm-hmm.

And going to, and I think in the dr- and in the dream, it, it's, it's sort of a half a memory, but half a sort of nightmare, where I then jump down into this ditch, and then skidded because it was ice.

And then I'm trying to scramble up, and I keep falling down, and I keep falling down.

I just see him slowly edge further and further into the forest.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think I, I sort of, I probably lean over, have a good...

Maybe lean over, then I swing my legs over, get close to the ground, and I pop back up and, like, maybe everyone's s- gets a bit scared.

End of May.

Right.

And I s- and I sort of, in reference to the tracks, say, "There's no way of tracking from this spot, I might add.

So if, unless there's anything else we wanna look around at, around here, we could move on further north."

Um, uh, which one, what's yours called, Bridge?

Um, I don't know.

[laughs] I don't know what mine's called.

[laughs]

[laughs] Oh, for once it wasn't me

I think I'm just watching them all, like, well, lick the stone or, like, get their head in there, and I'm just eating, eating my sandwich

I take a step back.

That could, like, shake birds out of trees.

[screams] [crows cawing] [folk music]

C- Cornish, in Cornwall, they'd be piskies.

Yeah.

I, uh...

Piskies, yeah.

I met someone.

Mm-hmm.

I, I think I can see that they're, uh...

Isn't that right? Could I see that they sort of change back to a human, or do they s- sort of remain? Sorry, Dan, I can't quite remember.

Did...

Can I see that they remain claw and human or?

Yeah, yeah.

I feel like, I, yeah, I've also said my piece, and so I sh- tried to shake Bab to, to drop it.

And then with Siobhan leaving, 'cause I sort of have this sort of allyship with her, I, I, I think I'm s- almost following Siobhan-

Bridge, do you have her?

And then I, yeah, I get right down to...

I arrive, I think, and, uh, I think I just crouch right down in front of you and just hold both of your shoulders and then just sort of shake you once.

What was that for? [upbeat Celtic music]

Fuck.

"The window, the, the window is torn from its frame.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

It's like a buzzing.

They're, they're all chatting about the, the body, and I think I just sort of, um, stare at this father and then sort of go up to him, put my hand on his shoulder, and then I, and I sort of turn and, half turn and say, "I'll wait for you outside," and then just sort of overly dramatically walk out.

[laughs]

It falls over.

[laughs] I think I just then turn without saying I've seen something, but I just sort of confirm it by going, "Larger than a rabbit." And then, um, I kind of wanna look at each of these, like go behind each of these stones or, like, at least feel them.

Yeah, yeah

So as soon as he leaves, I'll turn around and say, "Maes Knoll, that's it.

I was talking to the old-timer in the pub, and he told me there's a story in the village that people don't like to talk about, about an old witch way back when called Old Mother May.

And they used to give her offerings and things, and I think they used to put them on top of that hill.

And they'd give her sheep and sometimes convicted people."

I stand uncomfortably [laughs]

My suspicion is place names, they tend not to change very much if they're old enough.

They maybe get re-explained, reinterpreted, but the names stick.

You're joking.

It's all right.

Here we go.

Let's try with my two.

Um, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Here we go.

I got a five.

Yeah.

[laughs]

Longby, I don't trust him.

I say that to myself, obviously.

That's like, that's me, [laughs] that's internal.

[laughs]

Yeah.

Right.

First thing I'm gonna do is I'm gonna shove Bab back in that outhouse.

... will you tell us a little bit about yourself? What do you look like? And, um, where are you hanging out when you first find out about Heart's Home Light?

[gentle music] Brij is a, a 26-year-old, well, freelance hunter, I guess is, uh, what people, modern times would gather her as.

She's very pale, very fair, wild hair with a shock of white running through it.

It's, it's been there since she's been a- 11 years old.

Um, quite wiry.

She's, she's kitted out for, uh, some serious game hunting.

Leather boots, trousers under a long skirt, kind of ready for anything.

Mm.