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[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 5 points 2 weeks ago

People don’t notice them? I usually don’t see them and my brain immediately starts telling me ~something is weird~ on my arms.

Always takes me way too long to figure it out because the first thoughts are always incredibly rational “what if i got bitten by a giant snake i didn’t notice?” And “where is the crawling bug?” Only then “oh, yeah, the thin spider web…”