six · vi · 6

six closes. of the small numbers it is the first to lock a floor without leaving gaps — bees know this, and so does hexture, which has no centre and no edge.

a die has six faces; a snowflake has six arms; a quiet day in the building lasts about six hours and is rarely consecutive. six is also half of twelve — a clock cut sideways, or split between morning and afternoon without either side feeling smaller.

to walk a hexture is to be always touching six neighbours, one of whom is the one you came from. the geometry forgets this; you do not. compare five · seven.