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<<linkappend "Something out the corner of your eye.">>
[[It's been happening more and more lately.->2]]<</linkappend>><</linkappend>></div>
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<<linkappend "Could be an animal. There's a lot of little creatures roaming around here.">>
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To be honest, you didn't think it would be this <i>creepy</i>.</a><</linkappend>><</linkappend>></div>
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<<linkappend "You can see your house in the distance. The sun is going down.">>
<<linkappend "Slight movement to your right. A dark figure just on the edge of your sight's periphery.">>
<<linkappend "You don't know how to explain it, but...">>
It seems like it's <i>[[aware of you->4]]</i>.
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<<type 25ms>>[[The air is damp and cold, so it must be evening, and I reveal myself, just a little, just in flashes. This human, it is spooked - if I were any other kind of creature, a Night Watcher or an Eye King or even a hawk or a deer I would know it from its expression; I’ve heard that with fear their eyes go wide and they go pale as the moon.->watched2]]<</type>></div>
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<<type 25ms>><<linkreplace "We, the Watched, live between the lines, amongst fish and cats and wolves and apple trees and snails, not to mention the humans, but none of these beings know of what reigns over their heads. The earthly need not know about the celestial: the Eye Kings that sit between the stars, who rule through their knowledge of light. ">><<type 25ms>>The [[Night Watchers->nightwatcher]] and [[Day Watchers->daywatcher]] bow to them, and us Watched will kneel at their feet, marveling at their power. They can see further than us or anyone else without assistance, to worlds beyond our understanding, beyond our reach. Even the [[Eye Lords->eyelords]] under the earth are cautious of this higher power, these impossible beings that rule with an iron fist and light at their fingertips.<</type>><</linkreplace>><</type>></div>
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<<type 25ms>><<linkreplace "The Eye Lords under our feet know light, but they also know darkness; they live in it, thrive in the deep hollows of the underground. They lurk in the pit of the earth, and they know they are feared. Though they cast their heads down at the sight of an Eye King, we the Watched are not so lucky.">><<type 25ms>>Neither are the [[Night Watchers->nightwatcher]] and [[Day Watchers->daywatcher]] with their sharp teeth, who know it is key to their survival to bend to an Eye Lord's will, though the Eye Lords are usually more lenient to their kind than to mine. The Eye Lord's eyes might be their own or anyone else's: they can see through any eye, just a blink and they can watch what any creature is seeing, as clear as if they were present. The only sight they can't claim as their own is that of the [[Eye Kings->eyekings]], and so they cannot reign supreme as these last ones do.<</type>><</linkreplace>><</type>></div>
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<<type 25ms>><<linkreplace "The Night Watchers come out and the deer start to run. A Night Watcher's teeth tear through flesh with the same ease they can spot their prey from afar, from way up above. Us the Watched know better than to stand in their way, for night time is their realm and they understand the dark woods better than any other creature.">><<type 25ms>>They awake once the [[Day Watchers->daywatcher]] go dormant and, and, though blind by day, when it is late and the world starts going quiet, their eyes can see through great distances, greater than the forests they tend to roam around. They pledge their loyalty to the [[Eye Kings->eyekings]], and if an [[Eye Lord->eyelords]] were to help them, they could see through someone else's eye, but this does not mean that on their own they are any less perceptive.<</type>><</linkreplace>><</type>></div>
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<<type 25ms>><<linkreplace "The Day Watchers look over us and everyone else. They tend to live in the woods and feast on shiny fish they can spot through the water, sharp teeth ripping them apart. They cannot see in the dark, and so once the sun has set, they sleep, their bodies becoming invisible to keep them safe.">><<type 25ms>>They serve the [[Eye Kings->eyekings]] and thank them for granting them a fraction of their understanding of light - this knowledge allows them to see through anything they wish as though it was clear as water: though a tree, through a mountain, even through living beings like us. Even [[Eye Lords->eyelords]] have respect for them, and [[nightwatcher<-Night Watchers]], though never crossing their path, also know them to be powerful beings, leaders of an army that keeps the world at balance, that watches over everything that is touched by light.<</type>><</linkreplace>><</type>></div>
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<<type 25ms>>[[I have not seen the moon, so I am not sure what this means. But although I have no eyes, that does not mean I have no sight. I see through feeling, a change in the atmosphere, a low rumble of the earth beneath my bare feet.->watched3]]<</type>></div>
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<<type 25ms>>And this human, I reveal myself to it, only in flashes, and I feel its fright, I taste it, an electric tang. If I show myself to it, it is not because I want to scare it; I have no malicious intent. It's because I am one of the Watched, and unlike the [[Eye Kings->eyekings]] above or the [[Eye Lords->eyelords]] below, I hold no other purpose, I have no eyes, no power and, after all, if I'm in the woods and no one sees me, do I really exist?<</type>></div></center>
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