Two readers, Néhémie Bastien and Guy Régis Junior, lent their voices to this work written by Joubert Joseph, a finalist in the Découverte RFI 2026 competition. The reading of this text with significant philosophical depth allowed the audience to explore the work while awaiting its full staging at the next edition of the festival. It also provided the readers with the opportunity to internalize the meaning, rhythm, syntax, and intonations of the text, highlighting the power of words, voice, and silences.

"The nights. Since the night of Pacot. (Pause.) Five hundred forty-two nights. Five hundred forty-two times I wake up in the dark, or I don't wake up because I haven't slept, and I have to start existing again. Five hundred forty-two mornings when I open my eyes and where I don't open anything at all. (A pause.) It's a strange number. It says nothing. It offers no comfort. But I needed to know it."