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Tigress Woman-4

January 27, 2013

She said, "A human watcher isn't an anthropologist, just watches humans; and of course, not a detective."   He didn't understand what she meant.  They came to the corner of an intersection.  She stopped and pointed to a man walking on the opposite side, walking in the same direction as them, "He will come over to us."  He didn't understand what she was talking about.  But, surprisingly, the man soon changed his direction and came toward them.  She pointed at another woman who was approaching the corner across from them. "She will turn right at the corner."  At the intersection, the woman turned right as she had predicted.  He was astonished, "B...but how..?"  Next, she pointed at a boy, who was approaching them on their side of the street past the intersection.     "What do you think about that boy?" she asked.   He watched the boy carefully. The boy was approaching slowly, playing with a Nintendo or something.  He figured that the boy had three alternatives: go straight, turn right or turn left.  "Go straight?" he said by guesswork.    She was watching the boy with sharp eyes, "He will return from where he was coming."   Soon after, the boy suddenly returned, and ran back in the direction where he was coming from.  He was watching the boy speechless.     He asked, "H...how can you know that?"   "They displayed subtle hints during their walking motions. Nobody has this talent except for me, though." she said nonchalantly.  Then she explained, pointing to other passengers, but he couldn't recognize any sign from them.  He became silent again.       A little while later, he remembered and asked, "How did you find out that I am a game programmer?"  She stared at him with her big green eyes, "You have a game designer's eyes, especially enthusiastic ones."  He felt himself blush.  They silently walked for a while.       They came to a heavily trafficked road. Suddenly she shouted, "Look!" pointing to a man about 50 meters away from them, "He is committing suicide!"  For him, the man looked like he was just standing there, watching traffic; but, she had already started to run, as swift as...   Soon the man started gravitating toward the traffic, like being pulled by a ghost.  He saw her jump at the man while a truck was approaching. With a sharp breaking sound, he saw the truck hit the two of them.  They rose high up, and dropped to the ground.  He cried out, "No!"  When he rushed to the scene, other passengers came over, and soon it became a large crowd.  She and the man didn't move.  Their eyes were firmly closed.  He heard somebody calling an ambulance. (To be continued...)

*anthoropology: the study of humans, especially of  origin,development,customs and beliefs(O)
*alternative: one of two or more things that youu can choose between(C)
*gravitate: to be attracted to something or someone, or to move in the direction of something or someone(C)