Each side pulls hard, and yet a flag tied to the middle of the rope barely moves.
One side pulling her in, another pushing her out, but she was 353 determined to stand firm.
By this evening, it appeared that both sides had mostly pulled back.
"In our adversary system, it's very important that both sides not pull their punches," he said.
What you see is light from the same four stars, pulled around the far side of the black hole.
The game was an extremely close affair, however, Galvin's side pulled through to win by 1-5 to 0-6.
After 90 minutes the scores were level at 1-1, and the Swedish side pulled through 4-2 on penalties.
It was as if both sides had pulled back to lick their wounds for a while.
Under the arrangement, called an attorney review, either side can pull out of the deal during the grace period without giving a reason.
At this point, the Japanese gave up further attacks and both sides pulled back.