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She didn’t remember the moment she was swallowed. Just the sensation of being carried, as if the entire world had tilted sideways and sucked her into its jaws. Now, she sat in the dim, pulsating cavity of It.

Rows of screens blinked and hummed, their light reflecting off the gleaming walls. They pulsed faintly like living tissue. Vague pixelated images. Was it forms…people…dancing together? Or fighting? So hard to know with a few seconds of looping footage.

“Better safe than sorry. Giddyyap” she muttered. She pressed a button, the display became a uniform green glow.

“Somewhere it’s a party now. I’m so jealous!”

// Kate in the whale //