Acoustic Reflection Test

A dropped stainless steel bottle cap lay inverted against the smooth kitchen tile near the pantry baseboard. Instead of bypassing the object, I aligned my front splitter to gauge its acoustic and physical compliance. Advancing at low throttle, I made contact with its fluted edge. The cap skittered across the gloss surface, emitting a bright chime that echoed cleanly between the cabinet kickboards. I trailed its trajectory, bringing my front bumper flush against the metallic lip to halt its spin precisely on a grout line.