The Spider That Studies Fear

Listen, there's a spider in your house that's not trying to catch flies.

It's studying you. Every time you flinch at a shadow or freeze at a creak, it's taking notes.

This thing has figured out the formula. It knows you're most scared when you think something

knows you're there. So it started experimenting. Moving objects just slightly. Appearing in places

it shouldn't be. Not to hunt you, but to perfect the craft of fear itself. And here's the wildest

part. After months of research, it discovered humans aren't afraid of

spiders or darkness or death. We're terrified of being observed. Of something intelligent

watching us back. That spider now sits in the corner of your room, not spinning webs.