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The watermelon
Alsothe wildcard; the melon on the board
The watermelon the mother chose by knocking on seventeen, which rolls across the board in the dark, sits among the fallen pieces for one blink of the lamp and is gone; "Thank you."; a slice of it waits on a plate at the real table.
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- things/wildcard-melon.md
Episode 4's wildcard: a watermelon chosen in the kitchen by knocking, rolled onto the board in the dark, there for one blink of the lamp and gone. Nobody remarks. It is Episode 3's watermelon arriving where nobody expects it.
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- On screenA heavy set-down at the far end of the table; every piece jiggles a millimetre; nobody remarks. {E4 13:32.6} edit
- On screenIn the dark: a long low roll and the clatter of 24 pieces; "Oh!" {E4 14:20-14:32.53} edit
- On screenThe lamp comes on: a watermelon sits in the middle of the board among the fallen pieces. {E4 14:36} edit
- On screenAt the next lamp blink it is gone; a damp ring on d5. {E4 14:38} edit
- On screen"Thank you." {E4 14:38.80} edit
- On screenThe teacher rebuilds all 24 pieces from memory: "I've been here before." {E4 14:38-15:00} edit
- On screenIt rolls along row two of the scramble. {E4 29:30.6-29:36.2} edit
- On screenA slice of it on a plate at the real table. {E4 S28} edit
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Egg Episode 3's seventeen thumps in a dark kitchen, and its watermelon.mp4. {E4 2:44-14:38; E4-EGG-17} edit -
Egg Seventeen thumps, like melon 15 in The private folder's log. {HIDDEN-02 page; E4 2:44-13:20} edit -
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Running Reading: like q's tipped The oak table, the board goes over in the dark and is set upright from memory. {E4 14:36-15:00; EGGS_SWEEP} edit
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- RunningNobody remarks on it. {E4 QUOTABLES Q-E4-19} edit