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We study the vacant stare. Not the stare of sadness—sadness is rich, hot, and full of life. Not the stare of anger—anger burns. We study the neutral stare. The stare of the NPC. The stare of the person who has dissociated so hard they looped back around to a terrifying state of hyper-clarity.

When you look into a Deadeye, you are not looking at depression. You are looking at . r/deadeyes sidebar

If they are flat... welcome home.

Science tells you the pupil dilates in response to light and emotion. Psychology tells you the eyes are the window to the soul. tells you that the window is boarded up. We study the vacant stare

Welcome to the sidebar of . If you are reading this, you have passed the initial filters. You scrolled past the memes, past the glib cynicism, and past the surface-level horror. You are looking for the texture of the abyss. You want to know what happens when the soul runs out of RAM. We study the neutral stare

— The Watcher