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Alma took a deep breath and swung open the door. Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped opened when she beheld something hunched over on the floor. Its back was turned toward her so she couldn’t see the face, but the clothes were torn all over their body. The shirt had ripped down the center and revealed dark brown skin. The thing’s pants were torn down the seam, and there were only remains of the socks on the bathroom rug. She could make out the arms in front of the creature, and powerful muscles rippled beneath the shredded sleeves. The arms ended in hands that were fat and stunted with ingrown nails.
When she gasped, the creature paused in its groaning and swung its head around. Alma stumbled back when she beheld a single eye in the middle of its forehead, and its mouth was f
