(Repost) Thirteenth Minor Spirit of October: The Workers' Watch

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Thirteenth Minor Spirit of October
The Workers' Watch
Instead of Inktober, I'm doing a spirit a day for October.

It is true that craftsmen invest part of their souls in the things they make. This is also true for the carpenters and bricklayers and welders who build houses and buildings.

However, builders work in groups; the fragments of their souls are diffused, spread over the whole construction site. Over time these fragmentary spirits gradually clump together, to form a communal spirit, a sort of artificial genus loci.

They are harmless having very little power other than a consciousness of what goes on in the place they made, and the flaws in their work. So when you're alone at night and it's quiet, and you feel something watching you, that may be them. They're just trying to warn you of the failure points in your home.

At least you should hope that's what's watching you.