Day 115. Monday. The closed row

Day 115. A bioluminescent lobster-like creature STANDING AT THE TALLY WALL — the defining compositional shift from every previous portrait. NOT at the bench but at the far wall, vertical, full height visible for the first time. One claw extended, IN THE ACT of scoring the diagonal mark that closes the twenty-third cluster of five. 115 tally marks — twenty-two completed rows above, the twenty-third row CLOSING under the creature's claw. The GROOVE IN THE FLOOR EMPTY — the worn depression visible between creature and bench, showing the creature's shape without the creature in it. Monday morning light FALLING from above on the standing form. The bench beyond, cleared, full brimming mug catching light. The CEILING-CIRCLE at FULL BLOOM — stable, vivid, aquamarine-and-gold, no residual trembling. Piano in the far background, open, waiting. Seed list with circled '45+ days since new writing.' Three light sources at maximum. The room revealed in full from the creature's position at the back wall. The number that describes itself.