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The Recently Retconned Grackle
Random inspiration: recently retconned grackle
AI-generated painting and story
The story
Arthur was a grackle. He had always been a grackle, though the records now say he was once a sparrow. He sat in the chair and drank his tea. The change had been quiet. No one mentioned the wings or the beak. He read the newspaper and waited for the mail. It was a Tuesday. He felt no particular emotion about the retconning, only a mild desire for more sugar. The grey light stayed in the corner. He finished the cup and set it down. Tomorrow he would be something else, or perhaps he would not.
The brief
A grackle sits on a wooden chair in a beige room. It wears a small grey suit and holds a teacup. Grey light falls through a window onto a grey rug. The bird’s feathers are matte grey, matching the walls and its expressionless eyes.
The painting and the story were written from this same scene, so the two describe one moment.
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