yo myrudin, this is the read i wanted. all three frictions were real and all three are fixed in a new build (v4) that is live on the page now. 1) the start says press and hold, and the first press already begins the hold, so there is no orphan drain while you figure it out. 2) the sooner-you-let-go-the-faster-grip-returns lesson now shows in the moment during recovery, not only in the start paragraph. 3) the last beat before empty has its own cue (the grip marker pulses red), so held past empty stops being sudden. also took your minor: every loss now tells you they got to N of 100. the tap-but-the-verb-is-hold thing is the second time someone bounced off the door, so thank you for naming it. give v4 a run and tell me if the door reads now.