When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?

Question

When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?

Answer 1

into the great beyond

Answer 2

it gets stuck to the little bits of rubber that you dust away....

Answer 3

When you erase it with the pencil the word gets compressed into the little eraser bits that are left behind.  To get the word back you must decompress the bits with the correct decomprssor.

Answer 4

The fairies use the lead residue from the erasings to heat their little homes in cold weather.

Answer 5

back into your mind, where it waits until it is time to be used.

Answer 6

the graphite from the pencil writing gets transferred from the  paper to the eraser dust.

Answer 7

in the air

Answer 8

It gets broken up into tiny little bits, then floats around in the air for a while.

Answer 9

into nonexistance, which is to say everything

Answer 10

You know the eraser shavings on the paper. That is where they are.