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Summary
Henri is in his mid-thirties and works as a data entry clerk for a big company. Like most people, he finds the job unrewarding, which is why he turns to his hobbies for satisfaction; hiking and photography. One day, Henri is hiking through the forest, occasionally stopping to take pictures. He briefly loses his way. When he stumbles upon something strange. Namely an amorphous slime that is mostly translucent, but has a slight blue hue to it. Henri is not sure that it is alive, but it is moving. He takes a picture.
The substance seems to sense Henri's presence, somehow. When he gets close, it starts moving towards him, and forming tendrils. The slime reaches out to him with one of its tendrils. Curious to see where this is going, he uses his fingers to touch the slime. The substance spreads out over his hand and trails up his arm mindlessly, or so it seems. It moves up his shoulders, until it reaches his head. One tendril attaches to his temple.
All of a sudden, Henri’s mind is flooded with knowledge and images. Now he knows that the creature is called Theackteal and it is lost like he is. They come from a distant galaxy and they need a strong and warm host to survive on this planet.
Series
- Part 9 of Short stories