Focal Point

Still glombed to the Ones in the meshwork, I continued to tinker and twist the timing of switching back to the One-Eight-One friendly mode that this Shorty is capable of. The more I tried, the worse the result. Beginning to approach maximum frustration, I began spin-flipping randomly. It was an action that produced a result, and that helped to relieve some stress.

Scanning the ends of the Shorty between random flips revealed a deeper and stronger bond with the Ones in the meshwork. Given such a result, I ceased the flipping and maintained a normal orbit about the Seven while giving another pass at the ends, confirming that they had returned to their previous bond level, mainly on the surface.

I began to experiment with timed flips, to see what effect was had, keeping the influence to the Seven end of the Shorty. I started with a single flip right underneath the shallow bond with the meshwork, and quickly discovered that a double-flip, just before and returning slightly after the closest approach, caused the bond to weaken and extend. There was a very narrow range that produced this effect, but at least I knew which direction I had to go.