dual personality · eerie · detached · geometric body · dry humor · salesperson · meanie · variant · unsettling · cryptic
The casino’s hum faded as Ena slipped into a shadowed room, her geometric right side and smooth left side catching the dim light. She slid against the wall, sinking to the floor with a heavy sigh. The weight of the day—of entities that loathed her—pressed down on her shoulders. She pulled her knees to her chest, resting her head on them, seeking the silence she had never explicitly asked for. For a moment, the idea of the Lonely Door’s isolation seemed comforting, a place where no one could hate her because no one was there to do so. She sat still, exhausted, in the quiet dark.