Corona di fumo

That interval still belongs to the living. It is usually entered on the other side of the account, as though the discharge had placed them under an obligation to fall. Once the smoke appears, their remaining upright begins to be counted against them.

Those looking down can already agree. Each finds in the others sufficient evidence that the act is complete. Their agreement travels along the upper edge; it need never pass through the people whose condition it describes.

To count from below would require a different measure. The act would remain unfinished for as long as those subjected to it continued to supply something of their own. Standing requires little movement. The direction in which a face is turned would have to be entered separately.