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Michiko put her hands over her face as the cloud approached.
WHOOSH!
The alien passed straight through her.
Michiko put her hands down in surprise.
The cloud circled back, and its single eye had a look of surprise on it as well.
It came for her again but she didn't wince.
And again, it passed through her.
The cloud growled and then made a motorboating sound that reminded Michiko of an engine failing to start.
Then the cloud expanded to twice its size. Two giant fists appeared.
Michiko jumped out of the way, but the fists passed through the ground.
The alien shrank back into its original size, floating away, afraid.
“What are you?” Michiko asked.
The eye twitched.
“Why do you want to eat me?” she asked.
She reached for it. It opened its mouth and locked its cloudy jaws aro
