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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