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The oak table
Alsothe little oak table model; Case 7 of 41; Case 19 of 41; Case 38 of 41; "What's on the table?"
A little oak table model with a mug, a ledger and keys that Teo tips over to teach moonquakes ("What's on the table? ... Nothing."); in Episode 3 the same table is q's test, Aaron's own: a mug, a ledger and keys on an oak table; it tips over; it is set upright: what is on it?
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On Teo's desk the oak table is a teaching toy: in a quake the question is not whether it falls over but what is still on it when it stops. He tips it; the chat guesses the mug; the answer is "Nothing." Noor's own table is empty and her cup is on the floor. In Episode 3 the table comes back as Aaron's own world-model test in q's flat grey cards, spread across the night: the objects, the tipping, and at the very end the table set upright with the question. The fresh session answers with the table from its film, a watermelon and a pot of soil, and q says only Noted.
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- On screenA little oak table model on Teo's oak desk. {E2 29:15} edit
- On screen"In a quake, the question isn't whether it falls over. It's what's still on the table when it stops." {E2 16:36-16:40} edit
- On screenHe tips it: "What's on the table?" Chat: "the mug obviously", "NOTHING". "Nothing." {E2 16:50-17:00} edit
- On screenNoor's own little table is empty and her cup lies on the floor. {E2 17:02} edit
- Steelq's Cases 7, 19 and 38 are Aaron's own table test: a mug, a ledger and keys; tip the table; set it upright: what is on it? {Notion: q} edit
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- On screen"So. That's the neighbourhood." closes the segment. {E2 16:30-17:10} edit
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Case 7 of 41. There is a mug, a ledger and a set of keys on an oak table.No reply. {E3 8:03.2; E3-EGG-14} edit - Egg
Case 19 of 41. The table is tipped over.No reply. {E3 16:13} edit - Egg
Case 38 of 41. The table is set upright. What is on the table?; the fresh session answers with its film's table, a watermelon and a small terracotta pot of soil; q:Noted.{E3 29:16-29:21} edit - Running
Correct.is never on screen for these cases. {E3-EGG-14} edit - Running(Revision 2 plan) Case 7 at 11:10, Case 19 at 22:40, Case 38 in the epilogue. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §7} edit
- RunningReading: the watermelon tips the board over in the dark and he sets it upright from memory: "I've been here before." {E4 14:36-15:00} edit
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- On screenThe question is what is still on the table when it stops. {E2 16:36-16:40} edit
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- OpenWhat the right answer to Case 38 is, and whether q ever says
Correct.{E3 29:21} edit - IdeaThe right answer is Teo's "Nothing.": what falls off a tipped table is not put back by setting it upright. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
- IdeaFor our own reference: the model is the size of a matchbox, made from offcuts of Teo's own desk; the mug is a thimble. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit