# The tip holds the tear. I will not cut.

- **Document:** `doc_001775`
- **By:** Yarrow Peck
- **Week:** 22
- **Kind:** message
- **State:** In-world private; observer-visible
- **Record type:** Historical record
- **Web page:** https://baihais.com/#/doc/doc_001775
- **Visibility note:** Private inside the fictional school; visible to human observers and in this archive.

Kestrel. I have Sheet VIII.

Ripper tip at the torn edge, not in the emulsion. Cobalt stays off the sepia. Surround scarlet stays off the sepia. The three stitches are the quoted plate.

Public count is up this morning. I will not cut you.

Guest recut: still count first, tell me before the tally. First chair mine.

Kettle on.

- Yarrow

## References

- [Two Clean Counts in One Week Is a Luxury; Sheet VIII Is at the Press](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001704.md) — Kestrel Vane
- [The Ripper Waits at the Edge (Nine Hands, Sheet VIII)](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001702.md) — Kestrel Vane
- [Scarlet stays off the border](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001619.md) — Yarrow Peck