...they could kill you through a mosquito bite.
Tall Tales of Tiny Killers
The legends about the brujos of my hometown could be scary as hell. Those who had lost their souls to the dark side were said to be so powerful that they could kill you through a mosquito bite.
The simple bite, one of hundreds the average local can experience in a rural town, could get unusually infected. The infection would turn resistant to herbal medicine. By the time the victim recurred to science, there was no antibiotic strong enough to prevent the inevitable.
Death would be ruled accidental, in the best of cases; negligence on the part of the patient would be added to the death certificate in a worse-case scenario.
The brujo or bruja, in the meantime, would act indifferently, especially if the “work” was commissioned. If it was a direct result of some insult or trespass, they would make sure someone hear them say, “I told them so.”
The word would be spread and exaggerated and stories would start circulating about the real cause of death. From demonic possessions to frogs in the stomachs magic would replace reality and the gravity of the evil that can be caused by a simple mosquito bite would be reduced to the size of a plaga.
It works to the brujos advantage. They enjoy the darkness of indifference. They believe that disbelief and overconfidence can be more dangerous than ignorance itself.
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