Rick Vito x DALL·E [100]: The Owls by Rick Vito

He always wondered why there were so many owl statues around town.

That was because he didn't know any better. And he didn't know any better because his parents weren't part of the club.

"Someone must have found them cute," he theorized. An innocent thought.

In daylight, he could sort of make himself see it too.

Though he had never seen a real owl in his life, he was pretty sure they were supposed to have two eyes, not just one gaping hole for an eye like this one had. It was just so weird.

Part of him wanted to scale the statue and shout into the hole just to hear what kind of reverberations it would produce. But he couldn't shake the feeling that if he did, something terrible might reach out and grab him, pulling him through the hole, trapping him inside an endless void forever.

He knew it wasn't very likely to happen, but the thought alone was enough to make him circle the owls at a safe distance.

Rick Vito, August 2022 DALL·E 2