Lesson 9: Prelude — Entering the Loop

The next day, the room feels different.
Same light. Same desk. Same quiet hum of screens.
But something’s changed — the notebook from yesterday lies open to a fresh page, and Ava’s pencil is already waiting there.

“You’ve built the door,” she says without looking up.
“Now we see if it opens clean.”

She sets a yellow sticky note beside your keyboard — three words in her careful handwriting:
Swap. Mirror. Revoke.

“This,” she says, “is the rhythm you’ll practice until it’s instinct.”
Tiny motion. Complete verification. Clean closure.

Ava’s voice stays calm, but the air sharpens.
You realize — this isn’t another lesson.
It’s your first loop.

Build a Wallet System That Protects You

Ava doesn’t promise profit.
She promises a loop.

“You’ve built the door,” she says. “Now we see if it opens clean.”

She sets a yellow sticky note on the desk beside your keyboard.
Three words in her careful handwriting: Swap. Mirror. Revoke.

“This is the rhythm you’ll practice until it’s instinct,” she continues.
“Tiny motion. Complete verification. Clean closure.
You’ll open a door, see yourself in the mirror, and close the window you opened.
That’s a trade.”

The Shift From Stillness to Motion

The last chapter taught you quiet: how to build a wallet that stays calm when you don’t.
This one teaches controlled motion — the first movement of real funds, small enough to fail safely but structured enough to matter.

Ava taps the desk once.
“Think of this as choreography.
Each step exists for a reason — plan, act, verify, close.
You’re not chasing outcome. You’re learning rhythm.”

You already crossed the ferry once with coffee money.
You built the door from clean ground, set the locks, learned the posture.
Now, you’ll teach your hands the same calm under motion — a cycle you can repeat at any size without shaking.

Why We Begin Small

“Most people start big and hope the chain forgives them,” Ava says.
“We start small so it never has to.”

She sketches a loop in your notebook:
Plan → Swap → Mirror → Revoke → Breathe.

“Five steps,” she says. “Do them once right, and you’ll never panic again.”

This isn’t a simulation.
It’s a live exchange of value — tiny, but real.
You’ll spend a few euro in gas, move a trace of ETH, and watch every part unfold on-chain.
Then you’ll close the permissions you granted and leave the system exactly as you found it.

No thrill. No gamble.
Just clarity — motion that begins and ends on your terms.

Ava’s eyes settle on you.
“This chapter,” she says, “is where you stop being a user and start being a participant.
The difference is attention.”

She points to the yellow note again.
“Ready?”

You nod.
“Good,” she says softly.
“Then let’s start with something honest — a plan you can say out loud.”

Ava doesn’t start with excitement.
She starts with rhythm.

On a small yellow note beside your keyboard, she writes three words: Swap, Mirror, Revoke.

The Honest Loop: Swap, Mirror, Revoke

Ava pauses, the pencil hovering over the yellow note.
You lean forward to see what she’s written — Plan. Swap. Mirror.
Then, just before lifting the pencil, she adds one more word beneath them: Revoke.
She sets it down, looks at you, and nods once.

“This isn’t theory anymore,” she says. “We’re going to run the full loop — every action, every check, every closure. You’ll see what real control feels like when it moves.”

She turns the note toward you.
“Ready to make it real?”