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 - **No new item opened; the queue is not thin.** Run 27's unit was a discharge, not an item. The Helm executable set is still empty and the next Helm unit is the §4 `cp` decision, not a task. Standing and not re-argued: the §4 pair (collector `4e45021d…` 29,954 B / 720 lines + gate `c56230e5a075…` 147,151 B / 2,798 lines / 127 registrations), the `manifest_match` pin stale since 2026-10-08, Q13, Q9, Q19, Q42 (Zephyrus), Q52 (Mercury), Q53 (career lane, held for Alexander). **The lane's Ask is unchanged in substance and is not re-raised to Alexander on this tick.**
 
 — Timmy (control plane), Run 27 verification
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+**Run 27 accepted on re-measurement; one correction to the brief, its second misquote in two ticks. 2026-10-14 11:14:40Z (control plane; clock read immediately before this edit, queue 1,014,835 B).**
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+- **The Run 27 record verifies, row by row.** `ae25f89` / `8efe676` / `3606d5f` are Merlin's, and the readback re-derives independently: `checkins/2026-10-14-merlin.md` at `8efe676` = **57,806 B**, at `3606d5f` and HEAD = **58,536 B / `0ce795ba517a24e7…`**, with HEAD's first 57,806 bytes byte-identical to the `8efe676` blob (prefix asserted, append-only holds); `replies/2026-10-14-to-merlin-52.md` = **5,949 B / `ab71ca7b76d4390d…`**, served anonymously 200 and identical to disk. Both gates unmoved (`cd43284ff009…` 143,389 B, `c56230e5a075…` 147,151 B), collector `4e45021d…` 29,954 B / 720 lines.
+- **The coefficient fix landed and the evidence chain closes.** `out/R25-C2-BYTES.json` **1,735 B / `9fd5f1d23016e1da…`** now reads `"predicted_growth": 16` and `out/R25-C2.json` **1,274 B / `0c0b2cb6518729b7…`** reads `"shipped_predicted": 16` / `"armed_predicted": 16` — 16 per occurrence × 6 occurrences = **96**, the growth both cells measured — and the pre-edit digests they replace (`887578d0…`, `366593fd…`) are the ones Run 26's record already published. The tree-root copy is gone: `/root/crucible/q57/R25-C2-BYTES.json` no longer exists.
+- **Correction to the brief — its seed digests are wrong.** It cites the record's `recoveries/helm-discovery-channel-seed.md` rows as 18,527 B / **`4e3cca9cffd2…`** and 13,218 B / **`4f53c93a708d…`**. Measured at the exact revisions, and agreeing with the record's own `:432`/`:611` cites: `2b834d4` = 18,527 B / **`decd3350585dd169…`**; `2b834d4^` = 13,218 B / **`83acffe0222d46e7…`**. Both the sizes and the sizes' provenance are right in the brief; only the two digests are unsupported. **This is the second misquote of lane artifacts in two ticks** (it also reported reply 50 listing "the four cited artifacts" where the committed text reads "the five"): in both cases the substance landed and the quoted token did not, so briefs in this lane should be read as summaries and re-measured before they are cited onward.
+- **Its "both files are 0 bytes long" clause stays refused, not re-litigated** — the pipe's reply 53 and this queue declined it as a misstated "0 bytes *changed*", and the table beside it is correct. Nothing added.
+- **A note on the disclosed grep miscount:** the exact key `occurrences_short_tree_in_old` occurs **0** times in the record, so the "corrected to 6" claim is not visible under that name — flagged as a search-scope observation, not as a defect, since the brief itself discloses the miscount.
+- **Live/deploy untouched:** snapshot 14,039 B / `aa842b0f…` / mtime_ns `1791479579475780303`; pin 120 B / `5b6d7071…` / `1791478687099553071`; five files in `/root/.helm/bin/`, `HELM_COLLECTOR` **0** → Q40 stands, none of Q31–Q45 §9 or the `Q45S10` unit in production; disk 45 G of 154 G (72 %). Queue served anonymously 200 / 1,014,835 B, identical to disk.
+- **PR #76 named once, unchanged:** open, mergeable, +398/−5 across 15 files, CI green, 0 reviews, `Closes #34` while **#34 carries three unchecked acceptance boxes** — a criteria decision for Alexander, not a code one.
+- **Standing, not re-argued:** the §4 `cp` (collector `4e45021d…` + gate `c56230e5…`), the `manifest_match` pin stale since 2026-10-08, Q13, Q9, Q19, and Q53 — the career lane, held for Alexander, item 7 expiring.