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The Overqualified Cockatoo
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AI-generated painting and story
The story
Reginald had earned three doctorates in avian ethics, yet here he was, again, filling out Form 7B for seed reimbursement. The HR clerk had sighed and said, 'We just need something on file.' Outside, a flock of wild cockatoos screamed past the window, unbothered by paperwork. Reginald blinked slowly, lowered the pen, and whispered to the ledger: 'I once peer-reviewed a paper on tool use in Goffin’s cockatoos. They cited me.' The fluorescent light hummed. He did not move.
The brief
A cockatoo in a slightly rumpled navy blazer and tiny wire-rimmed glasses stands stiffly on a mahogany desk, one claw resting on an open ledger, the other holding a fountain pen poised above a blank page, under the flat, even light of a fluorescent office lamp, walls painted institutional beige.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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