Density in the initial orbital plane (z = 0) in 4320-by-3000 R_⊙ panels. The crosses mark the locations of the donor’s core and the companion. Each column corresponds to a different simulation while each row corresponds to a different stage in the evolution. Row 5 shows the slow inspiral taking place several years after the plunge-in. The inspiral timescale, $t_{\text{inspiral}}=a/(-\dot{a}$), is several hundred to a thousand times longer than the orbital period. This figure was made with the SARRACEN package (Harris & Tricco 2023). Online movies of our simulations are listed in Table D.1.