JKWriter's 100-word story for February 27, 2026

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on February 27, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Seven little words all lined up in a row. Their meanings changed with each passing soul. People walking this ways and that ways; some stopping while others kept going. Many smiled, a few looked puzzled, but only one watched curiously on. He jotted and paused between every line; he then wondered and pondered at what all those people had done. What motivated them was a curiosity and how they behaved a confusion, but that's just how people are. They had as many mistakes as victories; as many sorrows as joys. However they reacted, he wanted know and offer them help.

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