PaigePrier's 100-word story for October 10, 2025

PaigePrier wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 10, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It was an ambitious project, and the neighbors hated the effect, but he was convinced this project was the best way to showcase his virtuosity with perspective. The complex was only three stories high, but he knew that he could make that inner courtyard concrete patio fill with "lower stories." It would only work in the right light, but he could make it look like there were others below. Imagine his surprise when he dropped his chalk, only for it to drop further than what he knew the patio was. He leaned over, and squinted. I *am* good, he thought.

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