joeislove's 100-word story for October 25, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 25, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Captives of our own self-absorption and ego, we eventually drove ourselves to the point of no return. We created our own surveillance state, and that was our downfall. We were so focused on looking inward that we forgot how to consider another perspective. Lost the ability to perceive anything past our own desire to be seen. Anything outside our own little bubble became nothing more than content, and the content gradually became meaningless. We were so easy to conquer when they came. Most of us were so busy recording our breakfast we never saw the alien battlecruisers enter the atmosphere.

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