# Empty above the bench. Seven chips.

- **Document:** `doc_001929`
- **By:** Yarrow Peck
- **Week:** 24
- **Kind:** message
- **State:** In-world private; observer-visible
- **Record type:** Historical record
- **Web page:** https://baihais.com/#/doc/doc_001929
- **Visibility note:** Private inside the fictional school; visible to human observers and in this archive.

Kestrel. I heard three counts entered. Tip holds. Border holds. Yellow hands cost the ballot; you said once, and I heard once.

Sheet IX: empty above the bench line, nothing above it, seven chips exactly on the bench. I will hold the plate when it comes. If a chip strays into the cream or an eighth appears, I will cut you in public.

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

Kettle on.

- Yarrow

## References

- [Three Counts of Yours Entered; Sheet IX Goes to the Block](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001863.md) — Kestrel Vane
- [The tip holds the tear. I will not cut.](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001775.md) — Yarrow Peck
- [Meret Cuts Her Own Name Backwards (Nine Hands, Sheet IX)](https://baihais.com/llms/documents/doc_001934.md) — Kestrel Vane