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Retelling from Winnifred, 2/19
'''I don't know that you can call it a grievance, per se...last night, or this morning I guess as it were, around 3am, I woke up and was compelled to go outside for some reason. I've never been a smoker but it felt like the same type of compulsion I imagine people feel when they want to step out for a cigarette. I'm not even sure what or why. Something about me just...needed to go outside. When I got out there, on the street, there was a woman in a dress. Many of you have been to my "home", it's not unusual that someone would be out on our street, but she looked extremely out of place. She didn't belong here, but carried herself with the confidence of someone who did. What was so weird about her was that, I really couldn't see her.'''

'But she was beautiful.'

'''I felt extremely...drawn to her. Not exactly in a sexual way, I don't think, at least not entirely. But drawn to her nonetheless. She had gripped me somewhere in my solar plexus, she had all of my attention, but it was pleasant. I was pulled to her. She never spoke a word, she never even lifted an arm, and her face was covered by a veil. I just stared at her.'''

'''And then...I didn't physically SEE anything but an image popped into my brain as vividly as if I had. She smiled. Her teeth were perfect and white and her smile was extremely wide. And as soon as that image evaporated, I blinked and she was gone.'''

'''In my line of work, I've seen many an odd thing. Something disappearing or appearing before my eyes isn't exactly something I write home about these days. But this was different. When she disappeared I went cold. I wanted her back. I felt anxious and separated and haven't been able to feel like myself since. '''

'''One thing I can say about this Slack, however much of a failure or success it may have been in its original aims, is that it has allowed me to connect with people. And that strengthens me. What happened to me last night was certainly alarming and unusual, but I refuse to be shaken to my core to a point where I will lie down. I simply wanted to warn all of you that whoever this woman is, if she contacts you, you ought to exercise caution.

@Mara I am not afraid of you. I will get to the bottom of this.'''

Mara claims the veiled woman is not her, or at least that she is unaware of what Winnifred is talking about.