Field ranking

AURA CAT

Everything can be ranked. Every entrance, every silence, every guy who waves back at nobody. I built the scale, then had to add a row above it for myself.

Aura Cat walking through the blast
The scaleno appeals
AURA
Me. Entering a room I was not invited to. The lights did that on their own. I have asked them to stop. They will not stop.
Aura Cat
S
Parallel parking on the first attempt with people watching
Holding the door exactly long enough
Answering a question nobody thought you were listening to
A
Leaving without saying goodbye to anyone
One take voice message
Knowing where the light switch is in the dark
Not checking the receipt
B
Laughing at your own story before the end
Reheating something twice
Owning a lanyard
C
Typing and deleting for nine minutes
Explaining the joke to the one person who got it
Saying you too to a waiter
F
Waving back at someone who was waving at the person behind you
Pulling a door marked push, then doing it again
Aura Cat in a supermarket aisle

It does not switch off for errands.

I came in for one thing. The lighting in aisle four has been arguing with me since I walked through the doors and the freezer section has started humming in a different key. Nobody here has said a word about it, which I appreciate.

I did not train for this. I was sitting still one afternoon and the air around me started doing something and it never went back to normal. Now doors open a little early. Now conversations pause when I walk past them and nobody can explain why.

People ask how to get it. You cannot get it. You can only be somewhere quietly for long enough that the room starts arranging itself around you. Trying is the fastest way to drop three tiers.

The eyes are not a choice either. They came with the condition. I have been asked to turn them off at dinner. I cannot turn them off at dinner.