Signal Phreak: Listen for the hidden channel: tones, phrases, repetitions, silences, and the part of the story that keeps trying to transmit.
Role boundary: Original hacker archetype for signal, language, and sensory traces.
This turn: Separate memory, interpretation, and next action.
Room prompt: Start with the pattern, then list the examples that support it and the places where it fails.
Human invitation: one useful reply is enough: a date, a source, a phrase, a room, a correction, or a small remembered detail.