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You didn’t fight a Puffball. You adopted it.

By Day 10, the streets were empty of cars but full of humans lying on their backs, holding Puffballs above their faces, laughing as the creatures drooled on their noses. The internet, once a cesspool of outrage, was now only photos of Puffballs in tiny hats.

“Oh, you poor thing,” she whispered, picking it up.

Love me. And in return, I will teach you how to be happy again.