Snug
Entry 3
Snug
The human’s sound vibrations were rhythmic. At times their words were constant so I experienced many vibrations and began to be able to decipher the drumming patterns of speech. Just when I felt a spark of understanding it slipped away.
I felt the rumbling of approaching steps, the human’s stride shook my world and when the quaking stopped I felt the waves from a familiar utterance of “uh huh”, and just like that I was in the air again. Comparably, this was a short trip, I was laid down inside a contraption that felt tight. Then I felt the convulsions then a thousand piercings. The waves and the pokes were a caesura in my journey, though I didn’t know that at the time.
The stabbing started fast and didn’t relent for the entirety of this event. As the jabbing continued I realized this wasn’t a random motion. The human etched a pattern onto my being and as it concluded I felt changed, somehow complete. As if this was how I was always supposed to be. The buzzing stopped when the work was done and the human uttered a word carried on pleasant sound waves, but something was different now.
I could feel sound as I had before, but the pattern awakened my comprehension. Now I understood the beats of the sounds around me, the word the human used was “excellent”. This newly acquired skill piqued my interest, ‘could I communicate too ?’ I thought. So then, I shook with all my might.



I was on a little Substack vacation the last two weeks. Great to catch up on all your pieces 💚
Laughing at imagining Snug shaking with all its might. Crazy how imperceptible beings become endearing. Like “Thing” in the show Wednesday. How was the most human evoking character not a human at all? It was just a sawed off hand! Feeling similar vibes from Snuggy