FORM ET-1 (REV. NEVER)

OFFICE OF
EVAPORATED THINGS

You have been appointed Night Looker. Your sole duty is to keep watch. Items lose definition when no one is looking at them. Do not look away.

CONSECUTIVE SECONDS OF UNBROKEN WATCH

0

CUMULATIVE WATCHFULNESS DEFICIT (decisteyes)

0.00

ITEMS REMAINING IN ATTENDANCE

16

Inventory Under Attention

Currently regarded by you. Should they cease being regarded, they shall cease.

No. 001A bowl previously full of regret
No. 002The smell of toast, contained
No. 003Seventeen tickets to a film that hasn't been written
No. 004A sneeze, postponed
No. 005One (1) excellent question, slightly damp
No. 006Half a memory of someone's name
No. 007A jar of brief silences
No. 008A duck convinced it is Wednesday
No. 009Three apologies in a paper bag
No. 010A whisper addressed to no one
No. 011A grandfather clock convinced it is a hat
No. 012The exact opposite of a pebble
No. 013A glove containing only a fingertip's worth of warmth
No. 014A small dog's idea of Tuesday
No. 015The word "perhaps", folded twice
No. 016A receipt for one (1) regret, soaked in the Thames

A controlled blink. Removes precisely one (1) item from existence.

Evaporation Ledger

Things that ceased while you were elsewhere.