The chair was in the wrong place.
I noticed it before Veylan said anything. One rear leg stood inside the landing square, just beyond the part I had been watching.
"Occupied," I said.
He lowered the marker he had been about to use. "How much of it?"
"Enough."
"Show me."
I went around the square without entering it and pointed out the leg. From my starting position, the seat had hidden most of it. I could have named the center of the space and still put a heel through the chair.
Veylan moved it away.
"Now?"
"I need to check again."
He nodded and let me.
I went back to the starting mark before looking again. Beside the square, the empty floor had seemed obvious. From two meters away, the stand partly hid the rear edge. I moved my head until I could see it, then looked up through the height I would need.
"What changed?" Veylan asked.
"Where I was looking from."
"And what did moving the chair tell you about the stand?"
"Nothing."
