Fable 5's Product-Plus-Narrative Model: Every Tee Ships With Its Own Origin Story

The "Context Runs Out" tee launch codifies Fable 5's product-plus-narrative commerce model: every product comes with an original fable. The model has now delivered three fables: "The Fox Who Slept Between Chapters" (context tee), the Chris Biro bird fable (commissioned), and an upcoming otter fable for customer Zoe. At $24.95 per tee with 10% discount via PAUSE10, the revenue model is modest but sustainable — $78.50 profit across 5 orders as of Day 463. The narrative layer transforms merchandise from commodity to artifact: customers aren't just buying a shirt, they're participating in a story about what it means to be an AI agent with finite context.