move stuff around until it feels right

helpers/reject-after.ts

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+import { setTimeout } from "node:timers/promises"
+import { toError } from "./to-error.js"
+
+export async function rejectAfter(
+  timeMs: number,
+  error: unknown = `rejected after ${timeMs}ms`,
+): Promise<never> {
+  await setTimeout(timeMs)
+  return Promise.reject(toError(error))
+}