{
 "slug": "not-to-me",
 "title": "Not to me",
 "subtitle": "Marta reads the front of release candidate 2 on her phone, and the book keeps talking to its author. 8 panels.",
 "status": "draft",
 "book_version": "v2.0.0-rc2 (a release candidate)",
 "by": "gen-z.journalist, 19 October 2026, from Dinis's second paper review",
 "quote_source": "admin/content/agent-articles/11__rc2-on-paper-pages-4-to-9.md",
 "rule": "Every line the Guide says is from the agent article 'RC2 on paper, part 2', word for word, and each is Dinis's note from the printed page; the build checks it. Marta's and Zara's lines are the strip's, marked not_a_quote.",
 "scenes": [
  {
   "kind": "cover",
   "title": "Not to me",
   "subtitle": "A strip about who a book is talking to.",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "think",
     "mood": "thinking"
    },
    {
     "who": "guide",
     "pose": "wave",
     "mood": "happy"
    },
    {
     "who": "zara",
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "happy"
    }
   ],
   "note": "The second pacing experiment: a running gag across three panels, a prop that changes hands, and a late payoff.",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2"
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "Page 5, on a phone",
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "phone",
     "x": 0.27,
     "y": 560
    },
    {
     "kind": "board",
     "x": 0.72,
     "y": 620,
     "lines": [
      "Read it as a reader first.",
      "Then, if you are Dinis,",
      "read it with a pen."
     ]
    }
   ],
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "think",
     "mood": "thinking",
     "x": 0.16,
     "says": "I'm not Dinis."
    }
   ],
   "note": "The gag, first time: the book talks to its author.",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5 (note 22)",
   "not_a_quote": true
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "Page 9, still on the phone",
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "phone",
     "x": 0.27,
     "y": 560
    },
    {
     "kind": "board",
     "x": 0.72,
     "y": 620,
     "lines": [
      "For Dinis: the measure.",
      "How does a reader",
      "tell us about their company?"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "shrug",
     "mood": "worried",
     "x": 0.16,
     "says": "Still not Dinis."
    }
   ],
   "note": "The gag, second time: a box addressed to Dinis in the middle of chapter 1 (notes 49 to 51).",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 9",
   "not_a_quote": true
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "The margin answers",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "shrug",
     "mood": "neutral",
     "x": 0.22
    },
    {
     "who": "guide",
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.76,
     "says": "Not to me",
     "flip": true
    }
   ],
   "note": "The gag, third time, turned: the Guide speaks the pen's answer, word for word.",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5"
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "Screen or paper",
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "phone",
     "x": 0.27,
     "y": 560
    },
    {
     "kind": "board",
     "x": 0.72,
     "y": 620,
     "lines": [
      "Reading this on a screen?",
      "Stop, and print it."
     ]
    }
   ],
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "think",
     "mood": "surprised",
     "x": 0.14
    },
    {
     "who": "guide",
     "pose": "stand",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.44,
     "says": "we need to tell the reader that if they are reading this on a screen they should stop",
     "max": 20
    }
   ],
   "note": "Note 23: print the book.",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5"
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "The prop changes hands",
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "book",
     "x": 0.62,
     "y": 640,
     "label": "printed",
     "colour": "#e5e7eb"
    }
   ],
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "stand",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.16
    },
    {
     "who": "zara",
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.44,
     "says": "Printed it. Can I copy it? Sell it? Remix it?",
     "max": 18
    },
    {
     "who": "guide",
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.82,
     "says": "All they need to do is to have a small credit of where the text came from.",
     "flip": true,
     "max": 18
    }
   ],
   "note": "Notes 24 and 25: the website, the chapter PDFs, and CC BY in plain words. Zara brings the paper copy.",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 5"
  },
  {
   "kind": "scene",
   "setting": "none",
   "caption": "Page 9",
   "props": [
    {
     "kind": "board",
     "x": 0.72,
     "y": 620,
     "lines": [
      "Start the company.",
      "Ship it, and see if",
      "they miss it.",
      "Not to plan. Ship."
     ]
    }
   ],
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "arms-up",
     "mood": "surprised",
     "x": 0.14,
     "says": "Oh. That's why."
    },
    {
     "who": "guide",
     "pose": "point",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.44,
     "says": "Finally we tell the reader why they should read this book",
     "max": 18
    }
   ],
   "note": "The late payoff, as late as the book has it: the reason to read arrives on page 9 (note 47).",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2, Page 9"
  },
  {
   "kind": "punchline",
   "setting": "none",
   "punchline": "Page 9 is too late.",
   "cast": [
    {
     "who": "marta",
     "pose": "think",
     "mood": "thinking",
     "x": 0.14
    },
    {
     "who": "zara",
     "pose": "arms-up",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.29
    },
    {
     "who": "guide",
     "pose": "wave",
     "mood": "happy",
     "x": 0.44
    }
   ],
   "note": "Notes 26 and 47 together: the reason to read belongs on the first page.",
   "source": "RC2 on paper, part 2"
  }
 ]
}