The sequence

Ink. Silt. File or refuse.

Otis dusts the plate with Tuolumne fines we actually scooped from Beard Brook, not with a rubber mat that never met Modesto dew.

The first bruise tells heel or toe. Then we name the hours you play: Graceada dawn, McHenry noon, Dry Creek after irrigation. After that the plate is bent to the bruise, or a costume lie is refused. We do not "take a little off both" so nobody feels corrected.

If the bruise is honest and the face still wanders, Junia writes a coaching referral. Presses do not teach posture. Presses file marks.