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A Blurry Encounter

“Stop!” Villain called towards the approaching Hero. They brought their weapon up to point directly at the head of their enemy and-

Their face looked…different today.

“Why would I stop?” The hero asked quizzically, tilting their head and continuing to stride towards their nemesis on the abandoned street.

“What do you mean ‘why would I- because I have a gun??”

“Oh!” Hero belatedly stopped in their tracks, then questioned, “That’s what that is?”

Villain stayed silent in confusion, looking between the hero, the weapon, and themselves.

“This?” Villain waved their hand for clarification, grip tight around the dark metal they were using to threaten the city’s savior.

Hero grimaced and took a step back.

“Sorry, it kinda blends into your outfit.”

Villain blinked at them.

“What did you think this was?” Villain questioned.

“I don’t know! Maybe if you hadn’t broken my goggles last week I would be able to see-“

“Seriously?! First of all, that was hardly my fault. That building practically fell itself; that foundation was definitely not up to code. Second of all, you seriously don’t own contacts?”

“It’s unnatural to touch your eyes! Plus, imagine the safety concerns: I could get something in my eye-“

“More unsafe than not recognizing a gun?”

Hero’s mouth formed a thin line at that.

“You could’ve just announced yourself!”

“You didn’t even realize I was threatening you?! Maybe try relying less on color blobs and more on context clues.”

“Maybe try paying more attention to your opponent,” Hero taunted, at the same time they loosed a small throwing dagger towards the preoccupied Villain.

Villain barely had time to watch the blade go whizzing past their shoulder.

“Wow. I didn’t think you were that blind-“

“You moved!”

“Sure I did,” Villain chuckled, pulling out a glint which Hero assumed to be a knife of their own.

“It’s a shame only one of us is near-sighted.”

Hero didn’t need their glasses to see that it was time to run.