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Originally posted on intfiction. Minor edits were made.
Love that opening passage, the stark truth of the first sentence, the proceeding sentences written like zooming in birds-eye-view style on this random little mouse. The writing continues to be simple and short, emphasizing the animal senses and traits without making them overbearing, and I could visualize what it could feel like to be in this viewpoint.
The mouse is hungry. So is are its predators. Its life can end in many ways, the moments thankfully brief and not drawn-out. There is no back button and every death means starting from the beginning. Each playthrough is very short, so I personally didn’t find this to be an issue.
A excellent vignette of nature observation rather than a character study, one worth your time. It reminded me of the short chapter book pamphlets I read when I was a child that talked about the basic facts of the animal with diagrams and photos included.
