The ball drops. You slide the bar under it. It bounces, and for a second you feel like a genius. Then it drops again, faster, from a worse angle, and the bar keeps shrinking. Every clean bounce is a point; every time the ball kisses the floor, you lose a life, three total. The game never announces itself — one moment it's easy, the next you're swiping back and forth like the phone owes you money. Keep the ball alive long enough and the rhythm takes over. Then you miss, and it's back to a flat, quiet screen.
The ball drops. You slide the bar under it.