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I forced myself closer, every step a battle between terror and a strange, guilty curiosity. The shape became clearer, the movements more desperate. It wasn\u2019t sliding like a snake; it was flailing, clawing, stuck. Then I saw it properly: smooth body, tiny legs, glossy skin. A skink. Not a monster, not a nightmare\u2014just a small, living creature trapped in my wall, slowly exhausting itself.<\/p>\n

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Something inside me shifted. Fear melted into pity, then responsibility. My hands were shaking as I gently freed it from the crack, half expecting it to bite, half sure I would drop it and make everything worse. Instead, the skink paused for a heartbeat, then darted away, disappearing as if it had never existed. Later, when I learned they\u2019re harmless and shy, I realized the horror I\u2019d felt said more about my own fears than about it. And oddly, helping it left me calmer than I\u2019d been in a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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