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So, there's this thing I can do, a trick I picked up when I was much younger. I know how to disappear.
Not disappear in the traditional sense; anybody can flee the country, go underground or change their identity to disappear. No I mean disappear in the sense of "now you see him, now you don't." I can disappear right out of a room full of people, a room full of people having a conversation involving me. If I make the conscious effort to walk away slowly, sometimes I can hear people comment to the effect of "hey, where's...?" as I go.
I wonder if I could teach such a skill to others, or if it something that has to build up in the blood. I've spent so much time doing this on accident, being in a room full of people that don't know or care that I'm there, that now, even when the circumstances are different, I remember just how to move, the timing I need to beat a speedy retreat.
And it isn't just escape I excel in, it's evasion. Three semesters here and I've found some pretty impressive hiding places, the kind of spot you can go to and not even worry about hearing another human for hours at a time, let alone worry about being seen by one.
People were just a little more than I could handle today.
Not disappear in the traditional sense; anybody can flee the country, go underground or change their identity to disappear. No I mean disappear in the sense of "now you see him, now you don't." I can disappear right out of a room full of people, a room full of people having a conversation involving me. If I make the conscious effort to walk away slowly, sometimes I can hear people comment to the effect of "hey, where's...?" as I go.
I wonder if I could teach such a skill to others, or if it something that has to build up in the blood. I've spent so much time doing this on accident, being in a room full of people that don't know or care that I'm there, that now, even when the circumstances are different, I remember just how to move, the timing I need to beat a speedy retreat.
And it isn't just escape I excel in, it's evasion. Three semesters here and I've found some pretty impressive hiding places, the kind of spot you can go to and not even worry about hearing another human for hours at a time, let alone worry about being seen by one.
People were just a little more than I could handle today.