Weight is not constant.

It shifts.

The Credits pips track survival
under increasing load.

Each card marks
how much can be carried
before balance gives way.

Early pips negotiate.

Middle pips strain.

Late pips test endurance
to its edge.

When a Credits pip appears,
the question is not
what do you have —

but
what is this costing you now.

Survival adapts.

Debt accumulates.

Nothing carried indefinitely
remains neutral.