Seek a darkened room. Wait for the sensation of weight behind your retinas to subside. If it does not—if you begin to hear that rustling sound—then understand that you are no longer the observer.
You are the observed.
Subject A presented with complaints of "a shadow in the periphery." Standard slit-lamp examination was unremarkable. However, during a dark-room pupillometry test, the subject’s left pupil exhibited an asynchronous, rhythmic dilation—a "searching" motion—independent of the right. When asked to follow the examiner’s finger, Subject A’s eyes moved correctly, but the patient whispered, “I don’t mean to alarm you, doctor, but the reflection in your glasses isn’t you.” Fundoscopic photography later revealed faint, branching dendrites on the retina that were not present in the previous day’s imaging. eyes horror
If you are reading this and notice, for even a moment, that your pupil does not contract symmetrically, or that your mirror image blinks a millisecond too late, close your eyes immediately. Seek a darkened room
The previous six patients are still clinically alive. Their bodies are eating, breathing, walking. They are pleasant. They have learned to blink on cue. But their irises have changed color to a shade of blue not found in the human spectrum. When they smile, they do so with their teeth first, and their eyes second. Do not trust a patient whose sclera is too white. Do not trust a patient whose gaze feels like a hand on the back of your neck. And whatever you do—do not look into the ophthalmoscope when the room is empty. You are the observed
It looks back.