"Paralysis"

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Staring into those beading eyes

They were staring into my very soul

Fixated on them, I was

Nothing could escape the gaze of Medusa, the Gorgon

I'm quite surprised that she hasn't ended me yet

I should be dead by now

"But what's stopping her?"

She started to move closer to me, her eyes as piercing as ever

I couldn't move

I was helpless

Instead of killing me, she leaned on me and pulled me into a soft embrace

"Why would she do such a thing? Why?"

As I was about to let go, something strange happened

Her grip began to tighten

Her hands were seeping into my ribs

I was slowly being crushed alive

But later on, I knew that something was wrong

The squeezing abruptly stopped

Then everything went quiet

It seemed that the monster in front of me was the one that turned to stone

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