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It was supposed to be a normal day, he was just on his way back from his day shift at the convenience store. Usually he prefers the night shifts, because there was better pay and less people on the streets around- however, he had to take over the shift of a sick coworker. And unfortunately, today there was an even bigger crowd on his way home than usually. Why were they all gathered near that one lake? Did someone drown there or something like that?
Shin wasn’t usually a busybody, really. But somehow this whole situation did seem concerning. Or at least, it sounded as it was until he heard what the crowd was whispering about. Apparently, something was spotted in this lake, a huge fish? A sea monster? Something else that seemed suspiciously unreal?
Sheesh, he knew he should have gone straight home. The turmoil was for nothing, as so often with people. They really wanted to believe just anything, huh?
“This is so stupid, people really have nothing better to do than believing in some stupid fairy tale... How sad.”