Everything you saw was me manipulating my own cursed energy and to an extent the existing curruption. Both act and flow identically. At home we called the manifestation of this energy a curse. Some were sentient and extremly intelligent, while others where more primal and animalistic. [Thinking a moment.] Kinda like the wolf spider beast versus say a sleeper beast.

Here, the creature I showed you when we first met, the unsnakely, was born out of the curruption of the very earth. In my world, the grief and destruction of natural disasters was enough to create specific curses dedicated to those catastrophes. [This is why he reasons that corruption can't be eliminated from the Trench. It's embedded and reactive to the current and past inhabitants. ]
But all their appearences greatly vary, with some looking human and others like distorted monsters. [A pause. An inhale followed by a quick exhale.]

When I was a kid, I could see them and interact with them directly. [ A flash appears behind his eyes, yet his gaze holds steady as his eyes flicker to Viktor before returning to the table.]

Most people can't see them though, unless they're in a life threatening situation, or have large amounts of cursed energy.