Singing counters singing

I could feel something trying to compete with the sounds of my singing. It was a wild sound, and it brought with it an emotion of fear.

 

There were too many of me singing for it to penetrate, although I saw recognition in the eyes of the soldiers as they struggled to work their way free of my spell. They weren’t successful, but I could see that some of them were trying.

 

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The one thing in common around all of them were that they inspired terror. Even from miles away I could feel it, and that with my alien neurology. It would only be worse for human beings, and the closer they got, the stronger it got. I had to sing more loudly to counter the effect.

 

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