An argument at the Tavern

This is placeholder dialogue standing in for a real scene. It exists only to prove the reading layout works: long paragraphs, a readable line length, and a transcript that does not feel like a chat app. Real character voices arrive at Phase 4. This line runs long on purpose, long enough to wrap across several lines at a sane reading width, so the transcript column can be checked for whether prose actually stays comfortable to read at length rather than just technically rendering.

A second placeholder line, from a different speaker, so the transcript UI can be checked for how it distinguishes one voice from another without relying on chat bubbles or avatars.

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placeholder ascii, drawn badly on purpose