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A creature emerges from the dank, watery depths, enveloped by a geyser of red; a substance of indeterminate yet ominous nature. Bats flock overhead, echoing the Mexican free-tailed bats that swarm nightly at dusk from under the Congress Bridge over Ladybird Lake in downtown Austin. Haunting, with a pervasive sense of silence that might be broken by an incident at any moment, the bats and the creature hail from the stuff of legend, echoing the legendary status of the Austin bats themselves. All are things that people fear and dwell on, to which they are nonetheless irresistibly drawn. NOTE: This NFT is part of a Series entitled "The Occurrence," which is based on a brief story that can be found in my Memoirs section.