First Hand Account, pt. 9 by rusty-jernigan

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First Hand Account, pt. 9
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<h1>Reminiscent of a Dream, pt. 9</h1></center>
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<center>Happiness is reality minus expectations.  
I didn’t expect the first being to appear as fast as light illuminates a dark room, but it did.  
The being’s gaze was what made it’s alien origin apparent. 
The second this being looked at another person a strange phenomena occurred.  
The point of no return from this gaze happened when eyes met the gaze.  
I say being because it looked very much like a human.  
Indeed, this being was human until one’s eyes met it’s gaze.  
Curiosity was your enemy with this being.  
It’s body language of shyness and downward stare caused people to feel no need to raise their guard and realize the severity of its presence.  
The first victim’s face when it hit the ground was one of an aged and withered flower.  
Moments before the body slumped to the floor in a heap, there was life and a node in the social web. 
A few close rushed in to see what had happened.  
Questions of heart attack or stroke abounded in the aftermath.  
Nowhere in the collective memory was there recollection of the brief moments that this person had locked gaze with the person who entered the office in a most unassuming fashion.  
It was as if no one noticed the being to begin with.  Well, no one noticed, save me.  </center>
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