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She walked home alone, carrying a paper sack in her arms of groceries. Long celery stalks poked out of the top, tickling her nose every few minutes. Taking a back way, she looked both ways before beginning to cross the road. She always wondered why there were no street lights here to tell her when to cross...She heard a bit of a rumble in the distance and thought nothing of it. That is, until she saw the blinding lights invading her vision, stopping her dead in her tracks. And then everything gave way but the black...
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Her head hurt, her back hurt... in fact, her whole body hurt. She felt something touch her face almost tentatively. Opening her eyes, the world around her was a blurry haze, a small sideways figure obstructing most of her vision. The small figure slowly came into focus, revealing it to be a... creature--a creature of some sort touching her face. She started to panic, but he was--gentle. A gentle little bat-like... satyr? He looked like one of those American occultist memes, but with wings. She slowly started to sit up, seeing her groceries scattered everywhere, some of them flattened in the middle of the road."My celery..."Her quiet voice caused the small... thing to tilt his head. She looked at him."What are you?"He looked at her silently, an almost apathetic look on his face.Wiggling her toes, she decided to slowly stand up, brushing herself off. Picking up her groceries, she paused for a moment to look at the small creature, deciding to scoop him up into her hands. He was like a kitten that fit into the two of her palms. He fluttered out of her hands, perching up on her shoulder as he looked at her rather pointedly. She just smiled sweetly at him, carrying on her way home, salvaged groceries within her arms.
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It had been a few hours since nearly getting hit by a car and she found herself sitting at her small dinner table with the... thing that saved her life, a plate of strange concotions before each of them. The small creature nudged his food with his toe before looking at the girl questioningly.Smiling, she told him, "It's mild curry, celery, leeks, cheese, mackerel, egg, and chili!"The creature gave her a look that seemed like he was recoiling in horror despite the apparent apathy on his face.The girl dug into her food, seeming to really enjoy it. After she got up to get a third plate, the little creature stared down at his food, sticking his little claws in the "edible" concoction before him. Licking his claw, he suddenly became overwhelmed with a variety of clashing flavours: sweet, bland, salty, spicy, rich, bitter... The small creature immediately spat out the little bit of food he had in his mouth, attempting to scrub his tongue clean of all remnants after.The girl smiled sweetly at him, amused by his antics.