Owen McCuen
speaker
1,473 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 17 Sep
Owen McCuen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The light from his eyes dimmed, and he got up and waddled over to me, snuggling up in my hands.
I didn't think too hard about what happened.
My hamster was alive, and I was thrilled.
I cleaned the blood from the floor and washed the wounds on my knuckles.
Soot rolled around in his little ball, and even when the sirens flew down the street past my house, I didn't wander.
When I slept that night, I dreamt of Adam running down our street, fleeing a giant soot that smashed cars as he ran.
The giant rodent roared like a lion, shattering windows while Adam screamed in terror.
As Soot's gargantuan paw slammed down, crushing his ribcage, I opened my eyes and the hamster was staring at me with his eyes like the night sky.
During school that day, I learned Adam had been found dead in my neighbor's yard.
Of course, the kids had all kinds of crazy stories about it, like the gang he came here to escape had murdered him or that he was trying to rob someone.
Sweat beaded on my temples and my mouth went dry.
I couldn't help but wonder if I had beaten him so badly that he had died.
I'd always heard that you could break someone's nose and push it into their brain.
The memory of his bloodied face was burned into my mind.
I thought for sure the cops would knock at my door any day to take me away.
They never came, and I wondered if any of it was real.
When I held Soot later that night, I remembered his miracle and how the blood around his mouth soaked into him.
I put Soot back into his cage, and he didn't run on the wheel that night.
Instead, he watched me with eyes far too intelligent for a simple rodent.
Soot continued to live on preternaturally unchanged.
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