"though we did figure out the CSZ sequence eventually"

Ooooh! (Of course people in this comm did it! ♡♡♡) Do you happen to know where? :D I'm not sure where to start looking, and at some point I'll probably be interested in an explanation. xD

"That's a pretty classic trope, isn't it? *googles* Wikipedia has an article! IIRC it also turns up in Discworld."

I had no idea that it was a thing people believed irl, not just in fiction! Thanks for the link. :D