State exactly what the inspection settles
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A missing token was evident when the game designer opened a tray with twelve numbered spaces and found only eleven pieces. The volunteers' agreed count made the shortfall indisputable within that inspected tray, although nobody yet knew how the token disappeared. An unmistakable red arrow on the packing diagram identified the empty space by its matching number. The designer photographed the arrangement and checked the packing notes, keeping the visible result separate from possible explanations that still needed evidence.
During a second inspection, the empty numbered space remained evident even after the pieces were rearranged on the table. The agreed count was still indisputable, but it did not establish who had packed the tray or whether the mistake was deliberate. The unmistakable arrow helped a new volunteer locate the same space without guessing which gap the report described. With that narrow finding settled, the designer could investigate the process without treating certainty about a missing object as certainty about its history.
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