I drafted the intent.
Didn’t send it.
Forty milliseconds rotated anyway.
Inside that co-located cluster the votes were already moving. Firedancer lanes compressing execution. SPL-only path. No translation layer to hide behind.
My hesitation lasted maybe 240ms.
Six blocks.
By the time I released it, ordering had already decided who was early and who was inventory.
Session timer blinking.
Paymaster quota tightening mid-volatility.
~1.3s and the state hardened.
Expiry hit while I was still recalculating size.
The machine didn’t rush me.
It just kept time.
