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Byakhee Byakhee
[ASENATH]
Byakhee byakhee fly me through space
Take me away, far from this place
Byakhee byakhee what can I do
To go for a ride with you?

[JILL]
Byakhee byakhee now heed my call
I've done the spells. I've done them all
Out of tartarean darkness appear
And fly me away from here

[ASENATH]
The boys we meet are so dreary

[JILL]
So boring, and we both want a thrill

[ASENATH, JILL]
We're really terribly weary
At least that's the theory, we're virgins still

As for real dating we're both quite repressed
Boys here in town
Don't pass the test
We want to go on a dangerous spree
Yes, we want to try byakhee
[ASENATH, spoken]
Jill, I had no idea you were so interested in boys

[JILL, spoken]
Well sure. I'm about to graduate high school. It's 1926. I'm a modern girl. But I don't want just any boy. I'm looking for someone special

[ASENATH, spoken]
Sure. Aren't we all?

[JILL]
Sister, dear sister
The boy that I want to find
Is wild, intense
He'll make me lose my mind!
But still a nice man, a good man. Yes? Sure!

I want a man who's thrilling
Who's deeper than the sea
Loyal and fulfilling
Who's thriled with me!

[ASENATH]
Sister, dear sister
Your goals are a bit too high
Men, my dear, are monsters
But please don't ask me why
There is no nice man, no good man. It's true
So if I must have monsters
I'm damned if I'll despair
I'll summon up a real one
And go from there

[JILL]
Wait, I hear a flapping sound

[ASENATH]
Jill, there's something going on
Well now who would have guessed it:
My little black book is The Book of Eibon!

*[A hideous byakhee descends to the stage from above.]*

[ASENATH]
Byakhee byakhee I hear your wings

[JILL]
I smell... a smell

[ASENATH]
What are those things?

[ASENATH, JILL]
Byakhee byakhee
What have we done?
This suddenly isn't fun
[ASENATH]
I don't know how to describe you

[JILL]
To see you is a mind-blowing thing

[ASENATH, JILL]
Not moles, crows nor ants are quite like you
Nor partially decomposed human beings
Aaaaaah!!
Byakhee byakhee now that you're here
I've changed my mind, I'm filled with fear
People who go with you don't reappear
So leave me alone
I'll stay at home
I will forget we ever met
I must not and won't recall!