# knife.mid-right-through · OUT AND IN · CONTINUITY AUDIT (F, 28 Oct) · FINAL pass

MID-ROUND, 2.9 s. Placed with F8.spot (level floor [c-210, c+80]).
- **F** = Faris: the blink knife in his RIGHT hand.
- **N** = Nitha (green): a knife in her RIGHT hand; no hat.
- **Props:** her knife. It flies, lands and stays (at MEDIUM it goes with the arm).

| t | F | N | props / camera |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0-0.27 | READY → COCK | the lunge, knife first | low wide, final fit framing both |
| 0.27 | OUT: a straight blink back 184 u (lands facing away), then the turn | the knife stabs the air where he stood | the line, ghosts |
| 0.45-0.8 | turned; two quick steps in | overextended, stumbles a step on | |
| 0.95 | IN: a straight blink back through her | the cut (per level) | slow motion |
| 1.0-2.9 | READY, the flick | the ending | ladderEnd 1.75 |

**Endings:**

| Level | Ending |
|---|---|
| XT | The head bursts sideways mid-stumble; soul |
| VH | The same, smaller |
| H | Through the chest; she falls on her face; soul |
| M | The knife arm off; she sits down hard and keels over; soul |
| L | A graze; she falls flat, dazed (stars) |
| VL | No second blink; she trips over her own lunge, dazed (stars) |

**Checks:**
- Hands accounted for at every beat.
- No faces, bones or hats.
- `melee58` and `ending58` are off.
- Perf: ms95 2.2, max 3.7.
- Play-all: 0 problems.
- Sound table in place.