Hide's 100-word story for June 21, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 21, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Realize. Real eyes. Real lies. Except they weren’t, that’s the issue. Eyes, that is. All lies are real except the truth. That’s hard to come by honest these days. Some people say I’m just a mouthpiece. So was Jesus, if you think about it. But while the Shepard was made of flesh, I consist of felt. You feel me? I don’t. The closest I’ve come to feeling someone was when everyone laughed at a joke didn’t come out of my mouth. But what do I know? I’m just a puppet. A puppet looking for his eyes, and realizing they’re lies.

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