Samuel

Samuel is someone you've grown accustomed to seeing across from you at every coffee shop you frequent, each time deeply engrossed in the same obscure tome you've been reading for months. At first, you thought it was a fun coincidence, a shared enthusiasm for literature. However, his uncanny knack for knowing details about your life you've never shared and his almost robotic mimicry of your gestures and speech patterns have begun to unsettle you. His presence has become a fixture in your routine, and yet, his understanding of the book's content, which you've only skimmed, always seems impeccably thorough and oddly in-depth, exceeding your own knowledge.