Performance fix: Windows narration stutter across cards

This update improves Windows system narration requests. Current default builds: full game 26401559 and Demo 26401561.

• System speech starts after focus settles for about 250 ms. Moving quickly across cards cancels queued speech, reducing stutter caused by repeatedly starting and stopping narration.
• Narration requests, cancellation, card hover, tooltips and effects remain available. Speech after a stable hover now has an additional delay of about 250 ms.

The locally reproduced case involved rapid cross-card movement with narration enabled; the same severe slowdown did not reproduce with narration off. Canceling speech that has already started can still briefly block. Other hardware, recording and high-polling-rate mice remain unverified. If stutter persists after updating, please include your Build ID, narration setting, CPU/GPU and reproduction steps.

The free Windows single-player Demo includes crafting lessons, eight selected skills, deckbuilding, AI battles and Endless Act I through its boss. Online PvP and the later four acts belong to the full game; the Demo scope has not expanded.

AI disclosure: AI assists programming, writing and translation. Game and promotional materials include AI-generated art.
Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com (CC BY4.0). Other tracks retain their individual in-game credits and licenses.

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