Lights in the Distance
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A young man suffering from insomnia was trying to sleep one night. After a few minutes, he was still awake as it got more and more late in the night. He turned on his side and looked out the window. Noticing two street lights in the distance, he rested his eyes on them and soon fell asleep.
The next night, he once again found himself awake from his sleep disorder. Remembering the remedy he tried the night before, he turned to his side and looked out the window for the two street lights. He found them and once again fell asleep peacefully.
The next night, his sleeping troubles were back, but he simply looked out the window for the streetlights and rested his eyes on them. Tonight they were flickering every few seconds. He assumed that the bulbs would soon burn out, and as his eyes began to fall shut then bulbs burnt out.
He woke up in the morning refreshed. As he got up, he looked out towards the street lights, hoping someone would come to fix them. However, as he looked, he noticed something odd; there weren't any streetlights where he looked the previous nights.
He leaned closer to the window to double check, but still, the streetlights were no where to be found. Then, he looked down. He noticed he noticed small claw marks on the window sill, as if something was perching there.
His insomnia got worse.
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