An alien witnessing a human do the “Just walked through a spiderweb” dance for the first time
OR
A scholar writing a research paper on the one dance universal to all human tribal cultures, the “Spiderweb” dance.
In augmented scope sight, the web was clearly visible. And the spider itself stood out like a miniature sun.
“This spider,” whispered a lizard off to one side of the screen, “has been weaving and re-weaving its web all night. In a few hours, it will retreat from its work. Because it knows that foot traffic will soon ruin its chance to feast. We also know that a human regularly exercises through here. So we may have the chance to see something spectacular.”
The view changed to common optics, thus rendering the spiderweb invisible.
The lizard vanished somewhere off camera as the view focussed further down the corridor.
The human in question wore the usual warning signs. Non-emergency running in progress. Ze had some sound equipment on and hir eyes closed as ze jogged.
The instant ze hit the web…
“AUGH! Pthpht… Pthpht… euw gross uuuuugggghhh….” Hir arms and legs flailed in panic and alarm. Hir feet danced around and twirled her about.
“And this,” said the lizard, “is the first time the humans’ spiderweb dance has been caught in its entirety on a vid.”
The human said, “What in the Powers are you doing, over there?”
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