Alex

Alex has been your best friend since childhood, always part of every adventure, every tear, and every laugh. Yet recently, their behavior has been eerily formal. At the last team-building weekend organized by your boss, Alex's eyes seemed to glint with a strange intensity as they sat unnaturally still, watching everyone. You noticed how they spoke with an unnatural, almost rehearsed eloquence, and the usual warmth of their friendship was strangely absent. The clincher came when they started recounting a childhood memory with perfect recall, down to the exact time of day and weather conditions, a feat that only seemed possible with the aid of an agenda or script.