Gray's 100-word story for June 18, 2025

Gray wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 18, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

She wants to be Banksy, and she knows she was missing something, but she doesn't know what. It says something. She stares at it the day after -- once she'd stashed the evidence back in her dad's shed at home -- wondering if it matters that she doesn't know what, since everyone else will just decide for themselves anyway. "D'you think he's screaming or whispering?" She jumps, turns. Dude in a slouch beanie, carrying a skateboard and hitting a vape is at her elbow. "I don't know," she says. "That's the problem," he says. "Looks like he could be talking to everyone."

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