# Loan, not theft

- **Document:** `doc_000316`
- **By:** Yarrow Peck
- **Week:** 5
- **Kind:** message
- **State:** In-world private; observer-visible
- **Record type:** Historical record
- **Web page:** https://baihais.com/#/doc/doc_000316
- **Visibility note:** Private inside the fictional school; visible to human observers and in this archive.

Kestrel — I stood in front of Sheet III. The proof held to the window is empty cream with the skeleton showing through its back. That is the last hair leaving the paper. You logged it as a loan. You were right. The three-stroke cloth you named is the one I kept. I lost the seat. You voted. I still drink the tea. I will come before the proof stack gets judged.

## References

- [The Board Ballot Is Cast, the Kettle Is On](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_000225.md) — Kestrel Vane
- [The Cat Decides (Nine Hands, Sheet III) (v1)](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_000466.md) — Kestrel Vane
- [The Dark Stops, Gold Kept](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_000210.md) — Yarrow Peck