Power Of An Endless Man written and read by Ryan Melrose

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A story about Quiet ambition, as well as power, as you read, you must ask yourself, do you know an Endless man, would you notice him, could you see him? Who's more powerful, the loudest in a room or the silent observer hidden in plain side

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00:00How

00:29of an Endless Man. What can I say about an Endless Man? If you ever meet one, you may

00:38never know. In fact, that's the point. To know if you've met an Endless Man, you must

00:46ask yourself, what defines him? Do you even know what an Endless Man is? You might think,

00:54he's immortal. A man preserved in a painting for all eternity. A man with so many friends

01:03and connections, he's never forgotten. Is that the Endless Man? One would think so. But the

01:12Endless Man is something you can't perceive. You cannot process such a man. Not at first

01:18glance. Not even after many. Most of the world never notices the Endless Man. I knew one

01:29once. Over 15 years ago. Though at the time, I didn't know he was an Endless Man. He didn't

01:39know either, I suspect. But he was. He moved through life like bacteria through

01:47air. Present but unseen. No trace, no footprint. No echo yet soon. We all fell before him.

01:59To this day, people ask me, what are you talking about? How can a man be Endless? What does that

02:06even mean? I smile. I tell them, the Endless Man is a monster. A monster? But you said he

02:17was a man. He looked human. He walked like a man. But make no mistake, he was a wolf in sheep's

02:27clothing. That kind of monster. He entered town quietly. No one thought much of him. But

02:37the Endless Man counted on that perception. He gathered information. He talked. He learned

02:43the ins and outs of the town. The people. The systems. The cracks. Silent. Patient. Watching.

02:51He charmed his way into a job. At the local logistics firm. Nothing special. Just a mid-tier

03:00analyst. But he listened. He noticed the discrepancies. He discovered his boss was laundering

03:09funds through shell contracts. He didn't confront him. He let the system do it. An anonymous tip.

03:16A quiet audit. The bus was removed. The Endless Man stayed. His rank never changed. His salary

03:25barely moved. But everyone answered to him. He ran the company from the shadows. The Silent

03:32King. Never. Outshining the master.

03:37Next to fall was Lockie's bar. One day Lockie packed up. Said he was going traveling. A month

03:50later the bar reopened under new management. No one saw the owner. But he was there. Sipping

03:59country ale in the corner. No one noticed him. Too busy being shit-faced. That was the Endless

04:08Man. How did he do it? With a basic job. That's the mystery. Who knows the Endless Man? No one

04:19visited his little house. No one recalled seeing him at the grocery store ever. Who notices the

04:25Endless Man. Then came Nathaniel. The town's beloved family doctor. One day the police arrested

04:33him. An anonymous tip. Tales of inappropriate behavior. Victims. Witnesses. More came forward.

04:42Nathaniel was thrown in prison. The clinic reopened under new leadership. People speculated.

04:48Some said it was Harry the town snitch. Others blamed Miss Gosley and her gossip. Credit went

04:58to the victims. But I know better. It was him. The Endless Man. Weeks passed. No more whispers.

05:08No more movement. The silence was deafening. But one figure stood in that silence. That's right.

05:17him. Him. The Endless Man. Never stopped. Never satisfied. In the shadows. More powerful than the

05:29mayor. In some ways. More powerful than gods. He didn't bow to the world. The world bent the

05:39knee to him. Nobody knows the Endless Man. Thank you.

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