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Submitted to Contest #43
It appeared quite suddenly and without a sound. No bright light, no crash of thunder. Nothing. It was just there. As if it had always been. Andrea was home from work with a headache reading on her phone with her feet up on her coffee table, some random article about penguins, and had looked over when Jack, her bishon frise, had barked at the mailman. When she looked back, there it was sitting on the couch next to her. It wasn't touching her, it was just sitting there. She started, bounced slightly on the couch and sharply pulled away from th...
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