Separate Descent

Alice Mole comes down from the high fern view.
Aleea follows another safe line.
Haylee takes a third way.
No group line forms.

Frog Pond Rim

The split-color ladder shows two endings.

Near-side part: Quick little turn by the pond-edge stone.

Wide-side part: Quiet wide turn with room of its own.

Alice: I remember the near turn.

Aleea: I remember the wide turn.

Haylee: Point before we choose.

Silent Vote

Alice points to the near color.
Aleea points to the wide color.
Haylee points to the open center.

The three points become one vote:
keep the open-space part,
and release the rest of the first plan.

Following the Ladder

Alice carries the near-side sound.
Aleea carries the wide-side sound.
Haylee keeps the center quiet.

They follow the split-color ladder to firefly switchback.

Shadow Message

Lavender dusk falls across the ladder.
Alice holds the near side.
Aleea holds the wide side.
Haylee holds the open center.

The pond-edge side casts one close curve.
The wide side casts one long curve.
Together, the shadows make a readable picture:
two paths with one open place between them.

The song cannot return to choosing only one memory.

Final Gesture

Alice lowers the near-side sound.
Aleea lowers the wide-side sound.
Haylee opens one hand toward the open place.

No one explains the gesture.

It means the space is ready,
and either memory may rest beside it.