It is tempting to anticipate this experience through the concepts developed in the research. The contracting membrane might be understood as care, because it acknowledges collective presence. It might operate as friction, making the limits of a shared environment perceptible. It might feel like being held by the room.

So I can write that it might feel intimate. I can call it care. I can imagine being held. I can also imagine wanting to get out.

But these are still my imaginings.