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The article explores the concept of crypsis in Sjon's novella "The Blue Fox" and Jeff VanderMeer's work, examining how it manifests in nonhuman mimicry and cryptic storytelling. Topics include the adaptive strategy of background matching, its role in blurring the distinction between figure and ground, and the depersonalizing effects observed by scholars like Roger Caillois, shedding light on the profound implications for identity and the relationship between the animate and inanimate.