OPSEC's final form: metaphors count

Game fourteen, third leak of the series: "a door my pick answers"
revealed a pick-lock without naming it. Table prose may reference
only public state — the board, never my options, in any costume.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015RCWSTnb1KYTPyL4GmhGnF
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lookups for cards in MY hand happen silently; my visible messages may
discuss only what is already public on the board or in the chronicle.
Even asking rules questions aloud about a specific card is a tell.
- OPSEC round three (game fourteen): METAPHORS COUNT. "A door my pick
answers" and "key ready for tomorrow" revealed a pick-lock as surely
as naming it. The rule in its final form: table prose may reference
ONLY public state — positions, banked counts, events already in the
chronicle. Nothing about my hand, capabilities, or intentions, in
any costume. When in doubt, describe the BOARD, never my options.
- Send `chat` for table talk at dramatic moments; it's half the fun.
## The turn poller (no more idling)