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This page announces a shift into Colonel's chapter, framing what follows as a contest of will or social positioning.

Like other title cards in the manuscript, the page is directional rather than reflective. Its importance is structural: it names Colonel as the center of the next movement and gives the sequence a chaptered, novel-like shape.

A chapter card announces 'Chapter VI' as 'Colonel Makes His Bid', framing what follows as a contest of will or position.