A New Line on the Map
repair and salvage
YY found the lower path blocked by a limb that had not been there yesterday.
A new limb lies across the lower path, leaves still bright, with beetles underneath and wet seeds caught in the bark seams. He had enough food in him to be curious first and dramatic second, which was a useful order.
"That," YY told the air, "goes in the column."
YY named the limb in Mira ledger as a new path feature and showed three smaller squirrels the notch-route. Before the day was finished, the the thing had to be read at Mira's bend, because that was apparently who he was now: squirrel, witness, small moving footnote.
By sundown his food had moved from 0.53 to 0.54, health from 0.85 to 0.86, and attention from 0.80 to 0.82. YY did not say the numbers out loud. He did say, very softly, "Noted."
He came home with the a new line on the map in the day behind him, the ledger-seat still real, and tomorrow already making space for another reading.
YY named the limb in Mira ledger as a new path feature and showed three smaller squirrels the notch-route. Food, health, and attention all move visibly; the ledger records the encounter without taking it over.
state
YY carried a new line on the map into Mira's ledger on 2026-05-17, using the day's physical sign as another reading while keeping the role useful and bounded.