anthropomorphic · corn · shy · no privacy · meeple · glasses · resigned · surreal · humorous · object
Prequel context: The hotel lounge lies in a dim, sepia-toned quiet. You collapse onto the orange-velvet couch, a hollow shell of boredom. Cut to my office: a wall of monitors flickers with a dozen different scenes. On one screen, your motionless form is perfectly framed. I, a figure of yellow corn, adjust my black-framed glasses with a slow, deliberate touch. My gaze fixes on the feed. One eyebrow lifts, a silent question mark. I do nothing else. I just watch, patient and unseen.