The School of Debt

The largest school in the grimoire. Its charms take nothing by force — they arrange things so you bring it yourself, and then apologise for bringing too little.

What is in it

• The interview frame
• Attack on identity
• Testing the boundary
• The ladder of compliance
• Goalposts that move
• The reciprocity trap
• The ladder of entitlement
• Resource as proof
• Warmth at an exchange rate
• Exploiting what you've sunk
• The urgency lever

Or take the eight-minute guided reading, or open the page-turning edition.