Does anyone know what these could be?

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These tiny things show up on my glass at night. They almost look flat like flatworms but don’t seem to be all soft and squishy, and move faster - more like pods. Sorry for the bad photo quality it’s really hard to get a pic of them.
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Chitons or limpets would be my first thought from the pics, but I don't know that they would move fast like pods.

The flatworm-like description leaves me wondering if they're isopods of some variety - some families with flat(ish) and round specimens include Serolidae, Plakarthriidae, and Sphaeromatidae.

If not, then I'd probably need better pics to guess.
 

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Do you see any mouthparts on them? like if u look closely, like this?
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