She practiced the expression in the mirror for the thousandth time. Raise the eyebrows as close as possible to the hairline. Widen the eyes. Drop the jaw smiling widely. The last one was crucial. Her performance needed to be convincingly human when they executed their 'surprise'. They still didn't know...
If not human, what was she and did she hide the truth from them to make it easier to eventually harm them or in order to keep them safe? Those answers need a much higher word count to be fully explored. Perhaps in a follow-up story.
The random word for today's story was "surprise".
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