00:00My grandfather warned me. I was 17. I didn't listen.
00:04Mahalafisha boy.
00:10At the crossroads, it was waiting.
00:14White, bound head to foot, and it was watching me.
00:20He said, never run. Never turn your back.
00:24Walk backwards. Recite Al-Fatiha.
00:32It hopped. Once. That sound I still hear in quiet rooms.
00:37I don't remember running home.
00:41Some warnings aren't superstition. They're survival.
00:45Fear teaches what pride won't learn.
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