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Monitor, keyboard, stamp, hand sanitizer, tentacles, flag, pen.

Status held at review. Non-human desk has processed worse.

Cross-filed under Waiting Room and Nested Cavities, per protocol.

Between two worlds, pale skin meets vivid borrowed plumage.

Even arachnids dress casually for funerals, apparently.

Humanoid creature with fish-like face, hyper-realistic CGI render.

Filed under cross-cultural propaganda, subcategory: poultry.

Scales and silence, breakfast claimed by the deep.

Clock, flag, number A37, clipboard, collar tag, ceiling tile, computer monitor, stamp, waiting applicants, sign.

Martini glasses, bar stools, bottles, newspaper, aquarium, portrait, mantis, wings, towel, lamp.

Broken minds gather, each carrying their private storm.

Small dreamers adrift, one predator rests among them.

Science class tried, AI labels tried harder, mostly.

Humans and giant insects share a formal tea party.

The photographer told them to look cool. They complied.

Exit sign, clock, booth, condiments, plate, cups, man, creature.