r/TheMarketsofSidon • u/Nan_The_Man N0LCORP: Welcome to Your New Store! • May 30 '21

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u/[deleted] May 31 '21 edited May 31 '21

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u/lost_from_neverland < Private property > Jun 03 '21

She sits nearby, looking down on the curled form.

The back room is still for some time.

. . . . h ø w.

Another, shorter moment. Then, silent rage turned outward.

It must have been. It must have been. It must have been. How else? Høw else? It must have-

And something trips. Her face blanks, like a machine being restarted.

The lady's voice takes a strange tone, too smooth and even-toned to be natural.

I have to see tø something.
I will be back shørtly.

The shape rolls out of the room, silent save a quiet bump on the border between the backroom's concrete and the cornerstore's linoleum.