Eerily Wise Beyond Years

Create a story based around a child who inexplicably has aged wisdom or precognitive abilities.

A fascinating yet unsettling aspect explored often in horror is the concept of children presenting an unnatural level of wisdom or foresight. Perhaps they speak in riddles that, as the story unfolds, come eerily true, or they seem to know far too much about events they should have no way of understanding. What circumstances could have led to this unnatural maturity? What impacts will these abilities have on those around them? The intention of this prompt is to probe into the horrifying and uncanny potential of excessive wisdom in innocence.

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