Stuck In A Monster Loop
Every one of them, I dodged with my newfound method.
Even so, keeping my mind on full alert left me exhausted.
By the time we finished, over an hour had crawled by.
When she finally turned away, carrying the dishes into the kitchen, I grabbed my phone and typed furiously into my notes app:
[The monster's kill condition may be: three consecutive lines of conversation, or agreeing/refusing three consecutive requests. Strategy: agree once, stay silent once, refuse once.]
It was for the next loop. Even though I'd survived this round, I couldn't be sure those were its only conditions. Better to leave as many breadcrumbs as possible for the me who came after.
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