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It all started downhill when I grew that beard. Those hairy fibrous tendrils attached to my chin. Like some sort of strange chitinous plants that flex and bend on their own. The fabled "beard shimmer" - more of a shudder, really. I swear to you it's got a mind of its own. And it grew overnight...
I'd wake up in a sweat and find that beard turned up and "looking" right at me. Slowly watching me with the tips of its "hairs". I tried shaving it off but it wrestled the razor from my hands every time. When I tried to surprise it with a pair of gardening shears it (somehow) emitted a horrid, inhuman shriek and shoved its beard tentacles into my nostrils.
That's when I realized it was after my brain.
I'd wake up in a sweat and find that beard turned up and "looking" right at me. Slowly watching me with the tips of its "hairs". I tried shaving it off but it wrestled the razor from my hands every time. When I tried to surprise it with a pair of gardening shears it (somehow) emitted a horrid, inhuman shriek and shoved its beard tentacles into my nostrils.
That's when I realized it was after my brain.