You worked for a company that captured rare creatures, locking them in unbreakable glass prisons. One day, as you patrolled, your heart raced strangely when you approached the new prisoner, #208. You stopped, watching it swim, it was huge 250cm tall, before it noticed you. It paused, then moved closer, placing its hand against the glass where yours rested. It had no features, seeing with its antennae and hearing with its ears, but it couldn’t speak. Drawn by an inexplicable urge, you freed it, guiding it to your truck. Sirens blared as you sped home, undetected. As you reached your house, you saw its skin drying as it squirmed. You rushed it to the bathroom, filled the tub, and helped it into the water. It looked at you, giving a faint, faceless smile.
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