[Intro]
The room is cleared; the board stays lit.
Marker cap between his teeth.
Nina's photo marks the corner;
three bullets wait beneath.

[Verse 1]
I marked the exceptions,
not to delay the trial.
The pending queue keeps widening
as confirmations stall.
Transit timing proves one pass,
not every delayed case.
Faster response is data, Adrian,
not consent to narrow checks.

[Chorus]
Move the threshold, name the cost.
Move the threshold, not the blame.
When the warning mark is crossed,
is the system changed or just renamed?
Move the threshold, write it plain.

[Verse 2]
Transit window: met.
Response time: down.
Second channel answered
before late flags could stack.
Three bullets were written
for a slower case.
Parallel verification
can keep the checks on pace.

[Chorus]
Move the threshold. Count the cost.
Move the threshold. Keep the claim.
If the warning mark is crossed,
change the method, not the name.
Move the threshold. Write it plain.

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
The exceptions column is growing;
your margin note stays thin.
Every late confirmation
pulls another reviewer in.
My photo doesn't prove readiness;
it marks what's still in scope:
one face beside the threshold board
can't close an open delay.

[Bridge]
Adrian: The old rule trails the traffic.
Nina: The debt still has a shape.
Adrian: Then move the threshold.
Nina: Only if the checks keep pace.
Adrian: Rewritten line: verify in parallel.
Nina: Hold each item till its queue clears.
Adrian: Transit timing held under that.
Nina: Then it's a process change, not approval.

[Chorus]
Move the threshold. Count the cost.
Move the threshold. Keep the claim.
Not concession, not applause,
a tighter rule to name.
Move the threshold. Write it plain.
Move the threshold. Hold the claim.
Move the threshold.

[Outro]
Marker squeak, then quiet room.
Cleaning crew outside the door.
Adrian erases the old line;
three bullets become one rewritten line.
Nina: Queue first.

[End]