Jackal's 100-word story for August 15, 2025

Jackal wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 15, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Faces. A thought experiment by Emily Anzalone. What is a face? Is it what you show the world? Is it the different surfaces of an object? If I asked you to make a face, what would it look like? Would it be happy? Or sad? Or silly? What color would it be? Is it the same color as your skin or does it take on a different hue that only you can see? Can you have multiple faces? Can I? Is there such a thing as a face we can’t change? What if I don’t like my face? What then?

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