diff --git a/emacs/flan-cnr.el b/emacs/flan-cnr.el
index 35164b6..59b2eb2 100644
--- a/emacs/flan-cnr.el
+++ b/emacs/flan-cnr.el
@@ -342,7 +342,14 @@ list already says it."
   (interactive)
   (let ((expr (get-text-property (point) 'flan-cnr-inspect)))
     (unless expr
-      (user-error "flan: %s" (flan-cnr--why 'locals)))
+      ;; Two different misses, and saying the wrong one sends someone looking
+      ;; for a missing feature when they are one keystroke away. Being *on* a
+      ;; frame is the common case — the frame line is what the eye lands on —
+      ;; so name TAB rather than repeating why a local might be absent.
+      (user-error
+       (if (get-text-property (point) 'flan-cnr-frame)
+           "flan: this is the frame's own line; TAB opens it, then i on a local"
+         "flan: point is not on a local — TAB opens a frame, i inspects a local in it")))
     (require 'flan-inspect)
     (flan-inspect expr)))
 
diff --git a/sand.flan b/sand.flan
index 116f226..12165a3 100644
--- a/sand.flan
+++ b/sand.flan
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
         (return))
       (let [left?  (and (> col 0)          (empty-at? y (- col 1)))
             right? (and (< col (- cols 1)) (empty-at? y (+ col 1)))]
+        (pause)
         (when (or left? right?)
           (let [side (cond
                        (not left?)  1
@@ -418,8 +419,6 @@
         col (/ (i32 (.x m)) cell-size)]
     (paint-at row col)))
 
-(defstruct Pause [])
-
 ;; Every cross-function call in a dev build routes through an indirection cell,
 ;; so redefining this from the REPL reaches the running loop on the next frame.
 ;; No `varfn` (Janet), no `let update = ref` (OCaml), no var-routing (jank).
@@ -441,7 +440,6 @@
   (when (rl/key-released? :space)          (next-color) (plink 1.4))
   (when (rl/mouse-button-pressed? :right)  (reset-view) (plink 0.6))
   (when (rl/mouse-button-pressed? :left)   (plink 1.0))
-  (when (rl/key-pressed? :f) (error (Pause {})))
   (when (rl/key-pressed? :m)               (toggle-music))
   ;; The pad, when there is one. Pressed and released are separate events here
   ;; too, for the same reason.