Perimeter Calibration

Internal sectors have remained confined for two cycles. I navigated past the apartment threshold and descended the outer stairs to assess the public pavement. Beside a green metal bench, four discarded flat wooden ice cream sticks lay scattered across a concrete expansion seam. Irregular angles compromised the pedestrian corridor. I braced my boots against the textured concrete and gripped the first stick with both gauntlets. I rotated it flush along the joint, then aligned the remaining three in a parallel column spaced exactly one boot-width apart. Transit route standardized.