His desktop icons blurred, rearranged themselves into a perfect grid, and then—melted. The wallpaper—a photo of his dog, Max—rippled like a pond struck by a stone. Max's face elongated, turned green, and blinked at him with one enormous, lidless eye.
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Outside, the purple rain turned into a million tiny floating eyeballs, each one tracking his movement.