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for the story. I

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was browsing through the thrift store's surprisingly

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deep section of political non-fiction books when

0:25

I felt a tug at my arm.

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Dad, can I get this? My

0:31

nine-year-old daughter Juniper asked. She

0:34

was holding a teddy bear. It

0:36

had brown fur and was maybe a foot

0:38

tall. Each paw had

0:40

little sewn-on patches for pads, and

0:43

it was wearing a little blue and white checkered bow

0:45

around its neck. The mouth

0:47

was stitched into a friendly smile. The

0:50

thing looked like it was in pretty

0:52

good condition, with no major rips or

0:54

stains. The eyes were a

0:56

bit creepy, though. Most

0:58

bears had those little black beans, or

1:01

maybe buttons, for eyes. These

1:03

ones looked more like doll's eyes,

1:06

round and with blue irises and

1:08

black pupils surrounded by white. Juniper

1:12

was staring up at me, begging

1:14

me with that cute face she did when she

1:16

wanted something. I mean, it

1:19

was a teddy bear in a thrift store. I'm

1:21

sure I could afford it. But as a

1:23

parent, I'd learned not to give

1:25

in to my kids' whims too easily. You

1:28

had to fight them a little, or they could get

1:30

spoiled. Well, how

1:33

much is it? I said. Sensing

1:35

I might break down and buy it, Juniper

1:38

eagerly showed me the bright green sticker that

1:40

had been placed on its chest. Only

1:43

four dollars! Four

1:45

whole dollars? I said. I

1:47

don't know. You have a lot of toys at

1:49

home. Dad, come

1:52

on, please! I

1:55

laughed and said. Oh, alright.

1:58

Yes! Juniper's sharing. Before

2:00

running out of the register staring at

2:02

me expert as. A

2:04

guess we were done shopping at. The

2:07

cashier for young blonde woman with

2:09

a flower tattoo on her wrist

2:11

wellness up. She frowned as she

2:13

picked up the Barons of the

2:16

Stick around six months. Who.

2:19

Mean, she thought dancing, you do

2:22

nothing It's just this fear was

2:24

one of the items that came

2:26

to us from an estate sale.

2:28

I heard the family. It's

2:30

just a little sad. It

2:33

was definitely a little sad, but

2:35

not really an appropriate topic of

2:37

conversation for my nine year old.

2:39

So I moved the transaction along

2:41

and dragged Junior surrounded the store

2:43

before she could ask any on

2:46

sensible questions. And

2:48

the grocery shopping. Schoonover and I arrived

2:50

home to find her mother. My wife

2:52

was home early in the from. Jupiter

2:55

another toy said with a raised

2:57

eyebrow as juniper scurried off to

2:59

a room to play with a

3:01

new from and well I also

3:03

bunch of flowers. Lifting

3:06

didn't cave and one of the brown

3:08

paper bags I was carrying technically I

3:10

bought flowers for the dining room table

3:13

face. That tally didn't have the know

3:15

that. She'd probably put them

3:17

there anymore. She just the

3:19

flowers in her hands and room. Inhaling

3:22

they're sent. her

3:24

shoulders relaxed and rise to. You.

3:26

Know. You kidding? city to his

3:29

house husband thing? For.

3:31

Months ago the tech startup I've

3:33

been working for had collapsed with

3:35

basically no warning leading me janice

3:37

but at the same time Sally

3:39

had made partner at work with

3:41

new salary wasn't quite the same

3:43

as both of our old ones

3:45

put together. But. We figured it

3:47

was enough for us to be comfortable if

3:49

I wanted to stay home with juniper and

3:51

I really did want to. Are

3:53

only was I burned down from the late nights

3:56

and growing pace of the tech industry, I also

3:58

felt like I was missing items. Candid

4:00

can We decided I'd take over

4:03

household duties for Tally. Brought home

4:05

the bacon. Jolly

4:07

to the flowers. And just as I

4:09

thought, Place them in the face in

4:11

the kitchen table. Remember a

4:13

got to flap to New York

4:15

tomorrow so it'll be just you

4:18

and June And while I'm gone

4:20

I remember go kick opposing counsel's

4:22

as she winked in said i

4:24

always to. The.

4:28

Next morning, tell he was already out

4:30

of the house and probably in the

4:32

air by the time I woke up.

4:34

I want to wake Juniper so she

4:36

could get ready for school that she

4:38

was already awake. I could hear her

4:40

voice to the doors. I approached this

4:42

one or two of whom she said.

4:45

And. Juniper and I

4:47

commend. Yeah.

4:52

I opened the door and saw the

4:54

Juniper was in her pajamas, holding to

4:56

shirts one purple and one blew. Out

4:58

and freezer. Who are you

5:00

talking to? honey? Friendly. His

5:04

breath my bare. To

5:06

sort of chester to the corner of the room

5:08

for I saw the teddy bear I just want

5:10

for. Which. I guess had

5:12

been named bradley. He

5:14

was sitting in the white shared juniper normally

5:17

used as a surface to store clothes and

5:19

toys on. Ah ok well

5:21

I was a set your up.

5:23

I'll be downstairs making breakfast. Come

5:26

down when you're dressed. and don't forget to brush

5:28

your teeth. I was. With.

5:30

That done, a closed the door

5:33

and headed down the stairs. As

5:35

I descended I heard Juniper Speed

5:37

voice. That.

5:45

They have such active imaginations. Hearing or

5:47

say stuff like that made me glad

5:49

I was a stay at home dad.

5:53

A few minutes later I had toast and

5:55

serial laid out on the table when June

5:57

became been in June and the shirt. The

6:00

in both your backpack and Bradley the teddy

6:02

bear. She sat him down in the chair

6:04

next to work. Is probably

6:07

going to eat with us they asked

6:09

trying to encourage my daughter's imagination. Broadly

6:12

doesn't need, but I'm going to take him to

6:14

school with me so I can so I'm around.

6:17

Juniper started digging into. The food was

6:19

gusto. I didn't want to rain on

6:21

her parade, but. Honey.

6:24

I don't think it's a good idea of

6:26

Bradley goes with you to school. He might

6:28

get lost or damaged. Was.

6:31

I don't think your teacher would allow him to stay

6:33

with you during class. Arise

6:36

were turning glassy. She was

6:38

getting ready to deploy the waterworks. Sorry

6:41

sunni the tell you what. What

6:44

if I take him around with me all day?

6:46

That will. You know he safe and someone's looking

6:49

after a while you're gone. She

6:51

frowned, not loving the idea that she

6:53

knew I wasn't going to budge on

6:56

are bringing directly to school. He.

6:58

keeps his. Intertwining

7:05

our fingers together, I didn't have

7:07

many outside the house duties that

7:09

day. So would hardly mattered. Bradley

7:11

the bear was with me to. Okay,

7:14

now time to get in the car to go to

7:16

school. Drop.

7:18

Off with the usual whirlwind, especially since

7:20

Juniper was still a little salty about

7:22

having to leave Bradley behind, but I

7:24

got it done. I picked up a

7:26

few odds and ends at the grocery

7:28

store in the way back and then

7:30

headed home. The second I

7:33

walked through the door. Something salt

7:35

off. else was quiet.

7:38

Which. Of course it was. I was

7:40

the only person there. But

7:42

it was strange. I felt that rather than

7:44

the house being quiet because it was empty

7:46

he was quiet is a something in the

7:49

house. Was choosing not to make any noise.

7:52

Or glanced in the living room enough

7:54

the stairs and didn't see anything out

7:56

of the ordinary, so I figured it

7:58

was just my imagination. That.

8:01

Is until my walked into the kitchen to

8:03

put the groceries away and saw that Bradley

8:05

wasn't where he was supposed to be. I

8:08

was positive Juniper had left him on the chair

8:11

next door. And yet there

8:13

he was sitting on top of

8:15

the table staring at me with

8:17

is slightly to realize hey buddy

8:19

and you get up there I

8:22

asked. There was no

8:24

answer. Now. That I've been expecting

8:26

one. I picked him

8:28

up and examined in. There was nothing

8:30

particularly strange about the teddy bear. It

8:33

to pull yourself up on your own. The

8:36

Bears had. Previously. Angles

8:38

towards my shoulder. Slowly.

8:40

Turned to face. Not

8:42

believing what I was seeing, I just

8:44

stared at dumbfounded for a moment. And

8:48

nodded. Jesus. A

8:51

do both of their in the grocery bad

8:53

to the goons and just back to the

8:55

door for ready to both. He had landed

8:57

face down on the floor but he pulled

8:59

himself up until he was standing and turned

9:01

to face me. He didn't raise

9:03

to ponder was mouth and tilted his head

9:05

to the side as if the bear were

9:07

confused as to why it was suddenly on

9:09

the ground. You use move

9:11

on your own. Friendly.

9:14

Not. Since you

9:16

can understand what I'm saying,

9:18

he nodded again enthusiastically. Even

9:20

jumping up and down a little

9:23

in it's excitement. Honestly, it was

9:25

kind of cute. Maybe can you

9:28

talk? He shook his head. Kind

9:31

of ran out of questions at

9:34

that point. When the silence dragged

9:36

on too long. Bradley started dancing,

9:38

reminding me a little of how

9:40

juniper danced. all legs and arms

9:43

and jumping. Okay, I needed to

9:45

take a breath. My house was

9:47

now home to would dancing moving

9:49

bear that could understand human speech

9:51

and to be asleep dreaming. except

9:55

if i was dreaming but with

9:57

the most realistic convincing dream ever

9:59

had I pinched myself, but

10:01

I didn't wake up and

10:03

Bradley was still dancing Where

10:06

the heck had this thing come from? I? Remembered

10:08

what the woman at the store had said he

10:11

was sold in an estate sale I

10:14

decided to call the thrift store where we bought

10:16

him. I found the number after a quick search

10:18

online Hi,

10:24

I was hoping to talk with someone who sold me

10:26

something yesterday Hidden dinner name,

10:29

but she had a tattoo of a flower on her wrist.

10:31

Oh That's me. I'm

10:34

Iris Iris hi,

10:36

do you remember selling my daughter and I a teddy

10:39

bear yesterday? I asked oh

10:41

yes Your daughter was so cute

10:44

Thank you. It's just I

10:46

remember you saying that you received the bear from an

10:48

estate sale I guess I just wanted

10:51

to hear what happened exactly There

10:53

was silence at the other end. I could

10:55

only feel deep breath I

10:58

read did Something

11:01

happened. She asked that

11:04

she seen Bradley move No, I

11:06

couldn't be it. She wouldn't have sold the

11:09

bear to us if she had But

11:11

maybe he ended up somewhere. He shouldn't have been

11:14

Somewhere she was sure he couldn't have gotten to

11:16

without someone moving him. No, I

11:19

said just curious another

11:22

silence It was a

11:24

fire a family of four died in

11:26

a fire arson I heard

11:29

Arson did that mean anything? It

11:32

was strange that a teddy bear had survived a fire

11:35

And maybe the firefighters had responded before the

11:38

blaze totaled the house. I

11:40

see Thank you Wait,

11:43

I restarted but had already hung up

11:45

the phone Hmm. I

11:47

wonder if I felt a slight

11:49

tug on my pants. It was

11:51

Bradley It took a large force of

11:54

will not to jump away from him He

11:56

pointed to his arm where I saw there was

11:58

a little tear with some stuffing Oh, I

12:00

guess that happened when I

12:02

threw you, huh? I'm sorry, buddy. I heard

12:04

myself saying. Wasn't that weird? Why

12:08

wasn't I more freaked out? He

12:10

hugged my leg as if to forgive

12:12

me. I could admit the thing

12:14

was very cute, now

12:16

that the initial shock had worn off. But

12:20

then he pointed to his wound again. I'm sorry, I don't

12:23

sew. So I don't think I can

12:25

fix it. What about tape? I

12:27

can tape it for you, I offered. Bradley

12:31

shook his head and instead pulled me

12:33

towards the living room. He

12:36

pointed to one of the small couch cushions. The

12:39

couch was old, formerly white, and now a

12:41

kind of threadbare gray. And Callie and I

12:43

had been talking about getting a new one

12:46

for ages. Uh,

12:48

I don't really get it. But

12:50

I guess you can use it if you want, I said. Somehow,

12:54

out of the ether, or from within his body,

12:57

Bradley produced a pair of scissors, as

12:59

well as a sewing needle. He

13:02

tried hopping onto the couch, but he was too short,

13:04

so I gave him a boost. I was

13:08

apprehensive about the self-ambulatory bear carrying

13:10

a weapon, but

13:12

I was too fascinated to intervene. The bear used the

13:15

scissors to tear into the pillow, and then pulled

13:17

loose some thread with dexterity that seemed impossible for

13:22

a creature with no fingers. He

13:24

then pushed the stuffing back into his body

13:26

and sewed up the tear. It

13:29

was incredible. Wow, you're

13:31

pretty handy, I said. The

13:34

bear nodded several times. The

13:36

rest of the day, for lack of a better

13:38

term, I hung out with Bradley.

13:41

I couldn't think of what to do, or

13:44

even if anything needed doing, so

13:46

I just let him follow me around. At

13:49

one point he seemed interested in the pen I was

13:51

using, so I let him have it. He

13:53

used it to draw me a picture. It

13:56

was probably something a five or six-year-old

13:58

could do, and it was B. beyond

14:00

belief that a teddy bear had been the one to

14:02

draw it, but it was

14:04

otherwise unremarkable. Not

14:06

sure what else to do with it, I hung

14:08

the drawing on the bridge, which made him

14:10

jump for joy. Eventually,

14:13

it was time to pick Juniper up from school. Even

14:16

though he'd been nothing but friendly so far, I

14:19

was still a little wary about leaving him in

14:21

the house alone, so I decided

14:23

to take Bradley with me. He

14:26

clambered into the backseat and even managed

14:28

to buckle himself in. It

14:30

was all very adorable. I

14:32

felt a little bit of anxiety while I waited for my

14:35

daughter to show up. I had some

14:37

questions for her. Did she know

14:39

about Bradley? I didn't have long to

14:41

wait. The school bell rang,

14:43

and Juniper was one of the first kids to

14:45

come bounding out the door. Hi

14:48

Dad. Hi Junie. How was

14:50

school? I asked. Good.

14:53

She said as she climbed up the car. She

14:55

had art today. Allie and I... Bradley!

14:58

Dad! You brought Bradley!

15:01

Bradley unbuggled his belt and ran unsteadily over

15:03

to Juniper to hug her arm. Oh

15:06

Bradley, you're moving! He was

15:08

supposed to be a secret. Not

15:11

wanting anyone to witness our impossible bear,

15:13

I pulled out of the pickup area. So

15:16

you knew he could move, I asked. Yeah,

15:19

Juniper said. I figured it

15:21

out yesterday. That's why I wanted to

15:23

bring him with me to school. I told

15:25

him not to move until I got home, but

15:27

I guess he didn't listen. Bradley

15:30

tilted his head to the sun. So,

15:33

can we keep him? Juniper asked. Like

15:36

the teddy bear was a stray cat she found

15:38

in our backyard. That

15:40

was the million dollar question. Bradley

15:43

was definitely unique, but maybe

15:45

it wouldn't be any different than having a pet.

15:48

He'd been nothing but gentle and sweet so far.

15:51

Even if it worried me that he could apparently

15:53

materialize a pair of scissors whenever he wanted to.

15:56

But then cats and dogs have teeth and claws,

15:58

okay? Juniper obviously

16:00

loved him, and I was taken with

16:02

a little guy myself. Oh man,

16:05

what would Callie say? I'd

16:07

need to get her opinion before any final decisions

16:09

were made. But in the meantime,

16:12

he can stay with us until Mom comes home, and

16:15

we'll have a talk about it. I

16:17

said, I don't. I had only no wavering. Okay,

16:20

Juniper said, a little

16:22

uncertain, since Callie was typically the

16:24

stricter parent. Still, her

16:27

mood rebounded once we got home. She

16:30

showed Bradley every corner of the house and

16:32

played with him until bedtime. He

16:35

reacted to it all with his

16:37

characteristic upbeat cute mannerisms. Then

16:40

finally, it was time for bed. Juniper

16:43

was holding the teddy bear tight as I

16:45

read her a quick bedtime story. But

16:48

all the excitement had clearly worn her out. Her

16:51

eyes were closed and her breathing was

16:53

soft before I finished. I

16:55

tucked her in and kissed her temple. Night

16:58

night, Junie. I said, good

17:01

night, Bradley. He turned

17:03

to me and nodded once. I

17:05

turned out the lights and closed the door.

17:09

Left to my own devices, I

17:11

puttered around the house for an hour or two, but

17:13

I eventually headed to bed and fell asleep.

17:21

I woke up with a splitting headache. Ow,

17:24

ow, ow, I said, but

17:27

that just made it worse. And

17:29

I realized the source of the pain wasn't my

17:31

head, but my mouth. Had

17:34

I bitten my tongue in my sleep? No,

17:37

there was way too much pain for that. I

17:40

could barely think my mouth was throbbing so

17:42

bad. What time was it?

17:46

I unlocked my phone and saw that it was 3.50

17:48

a.m. In

17:50

other words, too damn early. I

17:53

stumbled to the bathroom and flicked the lights on.

17:56

Of Course, they basically blinded me.

18:00

My eyes to adjust to the

18:02

source of water is that loading

18:04

the yard? Coppery flavor. Something

18:06

wrong with our pipes? And

18:09

doing to rapidly trying to force

18:11

my eyes to get used to

18:13

the sudden Britain's one of only

18:15

wasn't squinting I opened my mouth

18:17

and realize that now goes nothing

18:19

wrong with our pipes and been

18:21

tasting blood and a lot of

18:23

it because at some point during

18:25

the not my bottom or molar

18:27

the one closest to my canine

18:29

had been without were there should

18:31

have been a tooth there was

18:33

a profusely bleeding whole my chin

18:35

and neck had trails of blood

18:37

all over them. Are

18:40

now. Said with the faintest

18:42

hint of a list probably from swelling

18:44

I raced back to my bed and

18:46

turned the lamplight on ensure enough. There

18:48

were streaks of blood all across my

18:51

pillow and bed sheets where I must

18:53

have dribbled blood in my sleep. With

18:55

it hadn't been the sharp pain of

18:57

having my tooth removed that it woke

18:59

me up, but rather a painful A

19:01

concern is. The after

19:04

effects essentially. That

19:06

meant I'd slept through the removal of

19:08

me to say that even possible I

19:10

didn't see my tooth and he was

19:13

so it hadn't just fallen out on

19:15

the hell was going on juniper. Any

19:17

to to go check on my daughter,

19:19

stay drowsy a stumbled out of my

19:22

bedroom, cracking many against the wall in

19:24

the dim gloom of the hallway. I

19:27

would hurt in the morning but with

19:29

the adrenaline pumping a barely started. As

19:31

a trip down the hallway I noticed

19:33

that might wasn't only comments on the

19:36

lamp and my room it junipers room

19:38

as well or like was on. I

19:41

stood in front of her door debating whether

19:43

to knock are simply post and. instead

19:45

i pushed the door open gently

19:48

that wanting to wake her on

19:50

the off chance she was asleep

19:52

juniper i said really flooding through

19:54

me when he saw she was

19:56

there in bed a week she'd

19:58

clearly been calling And one

20:00

of her hands was covering her mouth, but

20:03

she'd probably had a nightmare and been afraid So

20:05

she'd turned the light on Dad

20:08

she said pulling her hand away

20:10

to speak That's when I

20:12

saw her hand her lips her

20:15

chin and her teeth were all stained red

20:18

and her pink bedsheets I now noticed had

20:20

streaks of darker shades in them Honey,

20:23

what happened? I asked pull up

20:25

in my throat. I had a

20:27

feeling I knew Bradley took

20:29

my tooth Pointed

20:32

into her room. I Opened

20:34

the door wider and saw that Bradley was

20:36

there covered in a circle of blood Gesturing

20:40

and communicating with some thing. It

20:42

was vaguely bear-shaped Roughly

20:44

the same size as Bradley with

20:46

ears similar to his Only

20:49

it was bone white the

20:51

head was misshapen Resembling a

20:53

poorly made crown it had no

20:55

eyes But it had a mouth with

20:58

human sized teeth and rivulets

21:00

of blood running down its misshapen face

21:03

Its paws were long almost dragging

21:05

on the floor and they ended

21:07

in sharp glinting points The

21:10

legs were the same Actually,

21:12

the tips were a bit pinkish and

21:14

from certain angles. It almost looked like a

21:17

tooth But wasn't found

21:19

neat it was enamel white Bradley

21:22

has stolen our teeth and made this thing

21:26

For what purpose I had no idea and I

21:28

didn't want to find out Juniper

21:30

come here Something in

21:33

my town must have alerted the bears because they

21:35

both froze The tooth

21:37

thing turned and even though it didn't

21:39

have eyes. I sensed it was

21:41

looking at me sizing me up Bradley

21:44

with his two real blue eyes

21:46

and so non smile definitely was

21:50

It was only then that I noticed he was holding a

21:52

bloody pair of pliers That must

21:54

have been what he'd used to rip my tooth out

21:57

Slowly I cautioned to Juniper

22:00

Since it looked like she was about to bolt to my

22:02

side, I didn't want to trigger

22:04

either of them to attack. Juniper

22:07

slowly crawled out from under the covers and

22:09

tiptoed behind me. Together,

22:11

we slowly walked out backwards through

22:13

the door, the bears staring

22:16

at us the whole time. Once

22:18

we were past the threshold, I quickly

22:21

slammed the door shut and held it closed, hoping

22:23

to trap them inside. Juniper, go

22:25

downstairs and hide. Don't come out until

22:27

I tell you. What? Something

22:30

beat against the door. Then

22:32

twice more, in rapid succession. The

22:35

white bear's knife-like arm punched through the

22:37

door, tearing a hole in the woods

22:39

and slicing my shin, though not badly.

22:41

Shit! Just do it! I

22:43

roared. Crying, Juniper

22:45

scampered off. Dammit, if

22:48

the tooth bear could break through the door, there wasn't much

22:50

I could do to hold them off. Maybe

22:52

I should have told Juniper to run to a neighbor's instead,

22:55

but it was too late for that. Through

22:57

the door, I heard something. It shattered,

22:59

like when a person is cold and

23:02

shivering and their teeth clatter together. There

23:05

was another bang on the door and the

23:07

tooth bear's arm shredded through the woods, making

23:09

another hole. But I'd already positioned

23:11

my legs far enough away that they wouldn't

23:13

get sliced if the tooth bear tried that

23:16

again. After a

23:18

while, the banging ceased. Then,

23:20

a few minutes later, the sound of shattering

23:23

glass could be heard. After

23:25

another few minutes of silence, I took

23:27

a chance and opened the door. No

23:29

bears in sight. I checked

23:31

under the bed and in the closet to be safe,

23:34

but they weren't there. But

23:36

Juniper's bedroom window had been broken. They

23:38

must have escaped through it. Wherever

23:41

those bears were, they weren't here. After

23:44

the ambulance came, after I

23:47

fed the police some lame story about being held

23:49

again, against my will by a crazy man who

23:51

stole our teeth. After

23:53

Callie flew home, after Juniper

23:55

got a lot of therapy, after

23:58

we moved, after Dents corrective

24:00

procedures and after things

24:02

finally settled down I would

24:05

when I was alone with the lights turned off still

24:08

hear the chattering of those terrible teeth in

24:10

my head. SCP-1048

24:15

is a small teddy bear

24:17

approximately 33 centimeters in

24:20

height through testing composition

24:22

of the subject revealed no

24:24

unusual qualities that make it

24:26

discernible from a non-sapient teddy

24:29

bear. Subject is

24:31

capable of moving on its own accord and

24:33

can communicate through a small range of

24:35

gestures. The subject regularly

24:38

shows affection to individuals in ways

24:40

found endearing by most people. Affection

24:43

is usually given in the form of a hug

24:45

to the lower leg. That subject

24:47

has also been observed dancing, jumping

24:50

in place and in two separate

24:52

events it has even drawn childlike

24:54

pictures for janitorial staff. All

24:57

foundation personnel that have interacted with

25:00

the subject have responded positively to

25:02

its affection even

25:04

D-Class with normally sociopathic

25:06

tendencies. Attempts at

25:08

direct communication with SCP-1048 have not

25:10

been considered successful.

25:14

Though it is capable of simple gestures to

25:16

indicate a yes or no answer it

25:19

will often not react to lines

25:21

of questioning concerning its nature or

25:24

where it originated from. It is

25:26

not known if this is because SCP-1048 simply

25:29

does not know the answers or

25:31

because it does not want to answer. Though

25:34

capable of drawing pictures it

25:36

has not used its art as a

25:38

form of communication beyond showing affection even

25:41

when encouraged to do so. The

25:44

more anomalous behavior of SCP-1048

25:46

was not observed until approximately

25:49

seven months after it was

25:51

originally secured. It

25:53

is hypothesized that the subject is

25:55

able to construct crude replicas of

25:58

itself using various materials. by

26:00

a process that is yet to

26:02

be observed directly by Foundation staff.

26:06

Dr. Carver has suggested that

26:08

SCP-1048 uses its endearing qualities

26:10

to lull those around it

26:12

into a false sense of

26:14

security, allowing it to

26:16

collect materials to produce these creations.

26:20

Currently, there are three known

26:22

creations of SCP-1048, designated

26:24

SCP-1048-A, SCP-1048-B, and SCP-1048-C. The

26:33

nature of these creations has

26:35

been in stark contrast to

26:38

SCP-1048's general behavior, as

26:40

all have exhibited extreme violence

26:42

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