The Alter Ego casts from its own square; the first-stride cue leaves the maze

Randy raised his double, selected it, and could cast nothing through
it: the card's whole point — "it may use any of the spells in your
hand, and you need not be in its L.O.S." — had never been wired. A
cast may now name the double, and the double's square becomes the
spell's origin: sight, reach, the launch point the reel films, and
the direction a knockback or rout pushes. The hand, the attack, and
every answer to it stay the caster's. Spells that move the caster's
own body — a goat's charge, a swap — do not travel through it. On the
board, the double's sight lights the eligible squares; selecting the
double and then a card aims from where it stands. A test hides the
caster and fires through the double.

The first-stride caption sat on the maze and hid the walls beside the
wizard; it now stands above the board with a color chip for "you."

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Jm2auWk6RP71CjaAb4FMoG

packages/web/src/Board.svelte

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     markedCells = null,
     litCells = null,
     spotCells = [],
-    spotCaption = null,
     markedSector = null,
     ghostSlots = null,
     onGhostClick,
@@ -70,8 +69,6 @@
     litCells?: Set<string> | null;
     /** The step light's squares: a pulsing rim on each. */
     spotCells?: string[];
-    /** One line hung above a square — the first stride's cue. */
-    spotCaption?: { cell: { x: number; y: number }; text: string } | null;
     /** Origin of a picked-up 5x5 sector: the whole sector outlines as taken. */
     markedSector?: { x: number; y: number } | null;
     /** Empty 5x5 slot origins a sector may land on — drawn as dashed ground
@@ -697,17 +694,6 @@
     {@const sy = Number(key.split(",")[1])}
     <rect x={sx * CELL + 3} y={sy * CELL + 3} width={CELL - 6} height={CELL - 6} class="spot-cell" rx="5" />
   {/each}
-  {#if spotCaption}
-    {@const cols = Math.max(...Object.keys(view.board.cells).map((k) => Number(k.split(",")[0]))) + 1}
-    {@const cw = spotCaption.text.length * 6.6 + 20}
-    {@const cx = Math.min(Math.max(spotCaption.cell.x * CELL + CELL / 2, cw / 2 + 4), cols * CELL - cw / 2 - 4)}
-    {@const above = spotCaption.cell.y > 0}
-    {@const cy = above ? spotCaption.cell.y * CELL - 14 : (spotCaption.cell.y + 1) * CELL + 14}
-    <g class="spot-caption" transform={`translate(${cx}, ${cy})`}>
-      <rect x={-cw / 2} y={-12} width={cw} height={24} rx="12" />
-      <text x="0" y="4">{spotCaption.text}</text>
-    </g>
-  {/if}
   <!-- FEAR's bubble: the three-space diamond, through walls, wrapping the rim -->
   {#each fearAura as key (key)}
     {@const bx = Number(key.split(",")[0])}
@@ -865,15 +851,6 @@
     0%, 100% { opacity: 0.35; }
     50% { opacity: 1; }
   }
-  .spot-caption { pointer-events: none; }
-  .spot-caption rect { fill: rgba(28, 22, 12, 0.92); stroke: #f2cf5b; stroke-width: 1.5; }
-  .spot-caption text {
-    fill: #f7ecc8;
-    font-size: 12px;
-    font-family: "Oswald", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
-    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
-    text-anchor: middle;
-  }
   .marked-cell {
     fill: rgba(211, 133, 43, 0.18);
     stroke: #d3852b;