The academy room
A letter is a slogan. A hold is a measurement.
We time how long the face stays from slamming shut. That duration is the clock. Handle-end stiffness is the escapement that either keeps the clock or wrecks it.
Annapolis players bring letters they inherited from clinics. Ego Alley does not honor letters. It honors whether the face is still open through a corridor that punishes a slam.
Calvert will stop a session that wants a launch number before the watch has a reading. That is the academy personality.