# What constitutes “closer” on a map of squares?

This answer makes it clear that each pull must result in the enemy moving closer to the puller. But on a square grid, don't you count each edge that must be crossed as a unit of distance? For example:

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|T|*|X|         P = Puller         X = Illegal New Position
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|*|P|X|         T = Target
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|X|X|X|         * = Legal New Position
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If the Puller pulls the Target, are the new positions (*) legal?

It seems to me that the distance from T to P is 2 but the distance from * to P is 1. And therefore it seems to me that Puller couldn't pull T to any of the X squares because the number of edges goes from 1 to 2 as you move from a * square to an X square.

Is this the correct interpretation of the movement rules in 4e?

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I think the real crux here is once something is adjacent to you can you make it "more adjacent"? – Cthos Jun 28 '11 at 16:08
I think the more interesting case is one square further out from this. If T is in the top left corner one square farther out (or even 2 squares farther out, can he be pulled into an adjacent square, and which adjacent squares can he be pulled into. – wax eagle Jun 29 '11 at 13:57