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@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ The wall beside your shoulder breathes in. The opposite wall answers.
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## wait-resolved
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You stand still.
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The passage narrows, then forgets to. The breathing passes on ahead of you.
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The passage narrows, then forgets to. The breathing passes on ahead of you, down the wall and out of reach.
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## wrong-verb
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The walls take a slower breath.
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## failed
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The boards lean close enough to touch your sleeves. You retreat into the music room.
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The boards lean close enough to touch your sleeves. You retreat into the music room before they can close around you.
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The cage is empty. A few pale feathers cling to the wire, though no bird could h
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Somewhere far above you, wings beat once inside a wall.
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## wrong-verb
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The cloth trembles.
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The cloth trembles, then goes still again.
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## failed
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The rustling grows too close to your ear. You leave the room before you decide to.
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The rustling grows too close to your ear. You leave the room before you decide to, and the cage is still covered when you look back.
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The shears close with a sound like teeth.
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The figure falls apart leaf by leaf. Behind it, the glass is only glass.
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## wrong-verb
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The vines tighten without moving.
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The vines tighten without moving. Their silence feels deliberate.
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## failed
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The ivy catches at your wrists. When you pull free, you are back among the cold plates of the dining room.
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The ivy catches at your wrists. When you pull free, you are back among the cold plates of the dining room, with leaves clinging to your sleeves.
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ initialPhase: hanging
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## hanging
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One hanging sheet has the weight and outline of a person standing behind it.
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One hanging sheet has the weight and outline of a person standing behind it. The shape shifts when you look straight at it.
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## wait-resolved
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You wait.
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ You wait.
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The sheet stirs. Nothing stands behind it. Nothing had stood behind it.
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## wrong-verb
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The shape seems to lean toward you.
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The shape seems to lean toward you, then settles back into stillness.
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## failed
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You push through the hanging sheets and come out in the servants' passage, breathing hard.
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You push through the hanging sheets and come out in the servants' passage, breathing hard, with damp cloth brushing your face.
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ You play the waiting note.
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The answer comes at once, nearer than before. A narrow part of the wall settles back into shadow.
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## wrong-verb
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The answering note repeats, patient and exact.
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The answering note repeats, patient and exact. It sounds as if it has not moved at all.
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## failed
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The wrong chord goes through the floorboards. You climb back to the hallway before the echo finishes.
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ initialPhase: standing-outside
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## standing-outside
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Rain touches the dining-room window from the wrong side. Someone stands beyond the glass with their head bowed.
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Rain touches the dining-room window from the wrong side. Someone stands beyond the glass with their head bowed. Their coat is too dark to make out properly.
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## close-window-guest-resolved
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You draw the curtains together before you look closely.
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@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ You draw the curtains together before you look closely.
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For a moment, cloth and rain hold the same shape. Then there is only the table behind you.
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## wrong-verb
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The figure outside lifts its face a little.
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The figure outside lifts its face a little, as if disappointed by your hesitation.
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## failed
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The glass shows too much. You find yourself back in the hallway with the taste of rain in your mouth.
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The glass shows too much. For one instant there is a second dining room beyond it. Then you are back in the hallway with rain in your mouth.
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