diff --git a/pathing.cpp b/pathing.cpp
index 9aae6b3..6de97b8 100644
--- a/pathing.cpp
+++ b/pathing.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,23 @@ void Pathing::clear_target(const Point &at) {
   $input[at.y][at.x] = 1;
 }
 
+void Pathing::random_flood(const Point from, std::function<void(Point at, int dnum)> cb) {
+  int from_x = from.x;
+  int from_y = from.y;
+  int dnum = $paths[from.y][from.x];
+  cb(from, dnum);
+
+  for(int y = from_y - 1; y <= from_y + 1; y++) {
+    if(y < 0 || y >= int($height)) continue;
+    for(int x = from_x - 1; x <= from_x + 1; x++) {
+      if(x >= 0 && x <= int($width)) {
+        dnum = $paths[y][x];
+        cb({size_t(x), size_t(y)}, dnum);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 bool Pathing::INVARIANT() {
   using dbc::check;
 
diff --git a/pathing.hpp b/pathing.hpp
index 18c2110..45162f3 100644
--- a/pathing.hpp
+++ b/pathing.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "point.hpp"
 #include "matrix.hpp"
+#include <functional>
+
 
 class Pathing {
 public:
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ public:
   Matrix &paths() { return $paths; }
   Matrix &input() { return $input; }
   int distance(Point to) { return $paths[to.y][to.x];}
+  void random_flood(const Point from, std::function<void(Point at, int dnum)> cb);
 
   bool INVARIANT();
 };
diff --git a/status.txt b/status.txt
index 2b42a2a..616708e 100644
--- a/status.txt
+++ b/status.txt
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
 TODAY'S GOAL:
 
+* Light should flood using the dijkstra map rather than use a box.
+
 -1. Learn std::initializer_list by using it.
 0. \ua3fd causes the character immediately after to vanish. Make a test and solve it.
 1. Why do Sliders only have to be kept around forever and can't go in containers like everything else?
-2. Why are sliders not selected when I click on them? Is it a hover?
-3. Why do fonts render blank? Also when I scroll they slowly disappear until there's a column.
-* \u2738 is missing on the row when in grid but works when clicked.
-
 
-* A designer tool to help find characters for foreground, background, and figure out their colors.
+* Make a for-loop generator thing, and figure out whatever this magic matrix-processing-without-for-loops tech is (that probably doesn't exist).
 
-* renderer's mouse coordinates are totally wrong. Need to put glyph bounds into the panel and then you can ask if a mouse click is on a panel, and what the _panel's_ coordinates are.
-
-* Use a vector of strings with 1 char each again.
+"you could make an iterator type that you create with the Matrix & a box - then it iterates though each row/column and updates its x/y values. More code over all but loops like you're doing now could be simpler"
 
 TODO:
 
+* Hot key for debug view.
+
 * Refine the event handling to pass most of them to the gui panels and then I can intercept them.
 
-* Resolve fmt::format vs std::format.
+* Resolve fmt::format vs std::format from hirdrac when using clang or gcc latest.
 
 * Fix " room should always be found"
 
diff --git a/systems.cpp b/systems.cpp
index 2203ef9..a8611be 100644
--- a/systems.cpp
+++ b/systems.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "dbc.hpp"
 #include "lights.hpp"
 
-const bool DEBUG_MAP=false;
+const bool DEBUG_MAP=true;
 
 using std::string;
 using namespace fmt;
diff --git a/tests/pathing.cpp b/tests/pathing.cpp
index c4df3a4..62989be 100644
--- a/tests/pathing.cpp
+++ b/tests/pathing.cpp
@@ -35,3 +35,21 @@ TEST_CASE("dijkstra algo test", "[pathing]") {
     REQUIRE(pathing.$paths == expected);
   }
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("random flood", "[pathing]") {
+  json data = load_test_pathing("./tests/dijkstra.json");
+  auto test = data[0];
+
+  Matrix expected = test["expected"];
+  Matrix walls = test["walls"];
+
+  Pathing pathing(walls[0].size(), walls.size());
+  pathing.$input = test["input"];
+
+  REQUIRE(pathing.INVARIANT());
+  pathing.compute_paths(walls);
+
+  pathing.random_flood({1, 2}, [&](Point at, int dnum) {
+      println("FLOOD: at={},{}, dnum={}", at.x, at.y, dnum);
+  });
+}