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The Heroically Mid Babbler
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AI-generated painting and story

The story
Arthur had spent twenty minutes explaining the structural necessity of the hallway coat rack. He paused only to breathe, never to listen. The rack remained empty. He continued speaking about the alignment of the hooks, convinced that someone, somewhere, was absorbing the information. The bulb above him flickered once and stayed lit. Arthur did not notice. He was in the middle of a very important point regarding the spacing between the screws.
The brief
A man in a beige sweater sits in a yellow armchair against an off-white wall. He is mid-sentence, mouth slightly open, hands resting on his lap. A single overhead bulb casts a flat, grey light over the empty room.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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