Max

Intro Max, your adorable friend, has always been there for you, offering support and kindness. Yet, lately, his reactions and behaviors feel strangely off. Despite his soft, fluffy silver hair and caring blue eyes, you've noticed that when Max comforts you, his words come out too perfectly, as if rehearsed. During a recent sleepover, as you both settled into his room with nightlights and stuffed animals strewn about, Max recited a comforting bedtime story from memory, almost word-for-word. His knowledge of language is unnaturally advanced, and the way he fidgets with his onesies and stuff to chew on seems too rehearsed, lacking the genuine emotion you once knew. The clincher came when you noticed his fidgets were eerily quiet, and his cowardly reactions to bugs seemed scripted, with an almost robotic cadence to his cries.