Do you show the protagonist continuing to act according to The Lie?
Do you show The Lie continuing to hamper him?
Do you show his ideas about The Lie changing as he tries to hold onto it?
Do you show him managing to get closer to the goal despite these setbacks?
Do you show how this also pushes the thing he needs farther away?
Do you show him gaining skills/knowledge/allies/resources (intentionally or not) he will need for the second half of the story?
Does he see the power of The Truth demonstrated and how life might be following it?
Do you reveal something new about the antagonist in the 1st Reversal?
Do you reveal something now about the protagonist?
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