[ WP ] There is a monster in your house that can only attack you once you acknowledge that it exists . You know this and try to write off the various ways it tries to get your attention .

The fake sneeze does little to disguise the matter-of-fact pronouncement. 
 
 `` You're a hack,'' Nothing declares for the twenty-six thousand, three hundred, forty-sixth time. 
 
 The sneeze is something Nothing has been trying out these last one hundred, twenty-three go arounds. Though the delivery methods have changed, the tone stays steadfast and emotionless: like a child explaining what a cow says. 
 
 Since twelve o'clock this past Tuesday, I've come to the silent realization that Nothing's just jealous. 
 
 After all, Nothing's no more than another desperate fan trying to hitch a constantly shedding, increasingly klutzy cart to my success wagon - a wagon Nothing happily coasted behind all the way to New York with me. 
 
 Now here I sit with nothing over my shoulder, a deadline breathing down my neck, and a blank page staring up at me. 
 
 `` You're a hack.'' 
 
 No sneeze this time. 
 
 Twenty-six thousand, three hundred, forty-seven. 
 
 Nothing affects me. Nothing moves me. Nothing strikes me as worthwhile. 
 
 `` You're a hack.'' 
 
 Yes sneeze. 
 
 Twenty-six thousand, three hundred, forty-eight. 
 
 If I'm being honest, I have n't ever really taken a good look at Nothing. Brown haired... I think. That's what's nearly covering the apartment, at least. 
 
 `` You're a hack.'' 
 
 Yes sneeze. 
 
 Twenty-six thousand, three hundred, forty-nine. 
 
 I've begged my friends not to mention Nothing. Susanne has become almost infatuated, as she would. Anything I have is never mine for long, good or bad. 
 
 It's incredibly lonely upon this artistic pedestal, and how quickly those who helped me up were burnt by the rays of my success. 
 
 `` You're a hack.'' 
 
 `` SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!'' I scream, whirling around in my chair. 
 
 My face is level with Nothing's chest. 
 
 I raise my eyes to meet Nothing's. 
 
 `` I'm leaving you.''
