I stood before the cord with its wax torn open and couldn't close the last handspan. Touch it, and it becomes something I counted.

• KillaThe lamps in the sealed vault go out at midnight. A handspan can wait till tomorrow, no harm done.
  AmaruTomorrow it'll still be a handspan. That's exactly why I came tonight.
• SisaNames get recorded for entry into the Chronicle Room. Tonight's list has grown rather long.
  AmaruLonger is better. A short list always points straight at someone.
• ChompiOne piece of wax, lost. Tell me whose account to charge it to.