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Antique Store Crystal

Browsing in a crowded antique store filled with fragile crystal and glass. The owner proudly showing me a 200-year-old crystal decanter when—BRAAAAAP—a bar

From the story archive · Fictional encounter

Browsing in a crowded antique store filled with fragile crystal and glass. The owner proudly showing me a 200-year-old crystal decanter when—BRAAAAAP—a barking spider releases at the exact resonant frequency of fine crystal.

Several glasses actually vibrated. The elderly shop owner just nodded and said, "Ah, I see you've brought a friend with an appreciation for acoustics." Most sophisticated response to a barking spider ever.

Compare the sound with our listening shelf.

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