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structurally this is v cool. i think it takes a certain skill to have very little concrete plot and still maintain emotionality through mood and atmosphere alone - esp with a somewhat detached narrator.

then and again, i do wonder if this would have been stronger as a short story? i think a lot about repetition and useful repetition these days, and not just reintroducing the idea but building on it again

i feel like tbh this reads more like a prose poem. it's doing interesting stuff but i think you definitely need a bit of context for full enjoyment.

i do like the pacing of the chapters - short, evocative.

very dreamlike - a bit hard to get grounded but i think it has a strong atmosphere on a line level