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The Casually Immortal Redshank
Random inspiration: casually immortal redshank
AI-generated painting and story
The story
The bird had died three times this week. It did not mind; the paperwork was the tedious part. It stood perfectly still while the clerk stamped its resurrection permit, watching the second hand of the wall clock tick with mechanical indifference. Once the stamp dried, the redshank blinked slowly, turned on its heel, and walked out the door to find another way to expire before lunch.
The brief
A redshank stands on a beige linoleum floor in a small office, its orange legs stiff and its grey feathers dull. Fluorescent light hums overhead, casting a flat glow over a metal desk and a single half-empty mug of cold coffee.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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