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+**`gltf_cached(dir, file, node)` loads a still model once.** The same directory, file and node asked
+again hands back the model the first load made, found by comparing the names in place, so a game
+that places props while it plays - a fish, a bobber, a sign an animal leaves - reads no file and
+parses no document after the first. The model is shared by every actor drawing it and never
+released. A model whose document is read after the load (ludic.anim's clips) still goes through
+`gltf_load`.