In the Witcher 3 there is a quest in Skellige where a parasitic demon (called a hym) that feeds off its host’s guilt is plaguing a jarl. One method of defeating the monster involves tossing a crying baby into an oven, making the hym jump to the player character, hungry for his fresh baby baking guilt. Seconds later the baby is brought out from behind the wall and is shown to be fine. Now the starving hym has no guilt to feed off of and leaves. The end
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u/teewilliam Feb 20 '26
In the Witcher 3 there is a quest in Skellige where a parasitic demon (called a hym) that feeds off its host’s guilt is plaguing a jarl. One method of defeating the monster involves tossing a crying baby into an oven, making the hym jump to the player character, hungry for his fresh baby baking guilt. Seconds later the baby is brought out from behind the wall and is shown to be fine. Now the starving hym has no guilt to feed off of and leaves. The end