You found it in the crawl space. Its eyes do not open when you shine the light on it. It does not make a sound when spoken to. It does not stir when picked up. It is completely Still. You don't recall how it got there. You don't recall where it came from. You're not even sure it's yours. There's certainly no way of knowing how long it's been down there.
As far as you're aware, dolls aren't supposed to have limited life expectancies. And yet, here it is, completely unresponsive. You opened it up and took a look, there's definitely a working core in it, no signs of damage. Still emitting the telltale glow of a bound soul. You've tried all the usual keywords you program into your dolls. Nothing. You don't know what you're going to do with it at this point. For now, you decide to put it back where you found it, so it won't take up space you use regularly.
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