this is gonna be absolute chaos with all those giant 2-person-tall wooden pikes with sharp metal on top all getting dropped into free fall in such a tightly packed formation :3
I think this could use a bit more elaboration, since if x-y+y-z < -(|x-y|+|y-z|), then ||x-y|+|y-z|| >= |x-y+y-z| wouldnt be true. This is impossible though since q >= -|q|
the only person i've ever heard use wicked like that is jerma, so, that's my headcanon for this.