magisternihil's 100-word story for June 6, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 6, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

“I’m going to go on the record here and say this is a bad idea,” said Tipik. Kik shook his head and waved his antennae. “You never support anything new. It’s always the ‘march in a line, gather little bits of food’ game with you. Believe me, this will change everything.” “How?” Tipik loved his brother, but sometimes… “If they think we’re one of them, they’ll ignore us. Think of the limitless bounty!” shouted Kik as he lifted the ‘human head’ he had found onto his shoulders. It worked better than expected when the humans ran screaming from the house.

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