Triphasic Attraction

There were nearly four doublings of Shorties in proximal attachment to a One-Eight-One partner. Working with the whip Electron that I had spinning the Seven, we picked the closest three to spend some extra effort on. Rather than maintain constant rotational speed when encountering the blip caused on the attraction beam, we slowed to deliberately attract the One-Eight-One as best we could.

With each successive sweep of the rotating attraction beam, we pulled the target One-Eight-One slightly in our direction, and the Shorty followed, on two of the three targets. The laggard Shorty was still stuck, having a very ornery pair of Eights to contend with. All the better. I prefer my Eights to be cooperative, when possible.

A nearby backup was selected and extra diligence was paid to bring the replacement into neat equidistance. A rhythmic sweep pattern continued to import targets. While it is absolutely true that my Shorty moved with each attraction, for each pull in one direction, the sum of the other two pulls canceled the first. This opposition of force defined shrinking zone in which the focal Shorty wiggled and continued the relentless attraction of a trio of targets.