Steady, Marked
settled and observant
YY noticed the spinning seed-wing before he noticed the wind itself.
A maple seed-wing is pinned on a twig and spins in one steady direction while loose leaves twitch around it. 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 and Mira watched the seed-wing spin until the ledger had a new sign for steady wind. 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 0.58 to 0.59, health from 0.82 to 0.83, and attention from 0.86 to 0.88. YY did not say the numbers out loud. He did say, very softly, "Noted."
He came home with the steady, marked in the day behind him, the ledger-seat still real, and tomorrow already making space for another reading.
YY and Mira watched the seed-wing spin until the ledger had a new sign for steady wind. Food, health, and attention all move visibly; the ledger records the encounter without taking it over.
state
YY carried steady, marked into Mira's ledger on 2026-05-20, using the day's physical sign as another reading while keeping the role useful and bounded.