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@@ -4498,3 +4498,28 @@ N ≥ 5**, each with its log digest. **Evidence:** the new check names with thei
 gate logs with digests, the before/after `evidence` blocks for the empty profile, and the live snapshot delta 0.
 **Status: OPEN — named to the Helm lane.** Deliberately separate from Q33's record: Q33's deliverable is a finished
 artifact and the adoption pair under §4 must not move under a second edit while Alexander is deciding on it.
+
+**Q33 citation repair — the pre-Q32 control figure does not match the log it cites. 2026-10-11 22:43Z
+(control plane).** One block, one subject, appended after reading the tail and grepping for the existing record: the
+landing, the adoption pair (`4e45021d…` collector 720/29,954 + `4a442f62…` selftest 929/52,077), the three-tick
+framing (`:4465-4466`) and the net-vs-gross check count are all already recorded above, so none of that is repeated.
+
+- **The figure is unpinned from its citation.** `replies/2026-10-11-to-merlin-17.md:77` and the block above
+  (`:4444`) both say the pre-Q32 control "went red in **1 of 8 pairs this run — pair 2**". The artifact they point
+  at, `/root/troupe-verify/q33/timmy-q33-paired.log`, says on its SUMMARY line: `8 pairs, 0 differing leaf paths
+  under the gate's scrub (no pointer carve-out); 6 under the pre-Q32 scrub, 3/8 pairs red under the pre-Q32 scrub`
+  — and pair 2 reads `0; pre-Q32-scrub differing leaf paths = 0` at both `:4` and `:14`. So the cited log
+  contradicts the claim twice: the total is 3/8, not 1/8, and the named pair is the one pair explicitly measured
+  clean. A `pairs 1, 6, 8` enumeration is **not** in that file — only the 3/8 total is — so do not repeat the
+  enumeration. The log's mtime is `22:34:16.491907915Z`, after the commit that cites it, and an independent re-run
+  gives **0/8**: this is one volatile observation recorded as if it were a run result. The fix is one line on the
+  next touch — cite the log as it stands (3/8) or state the figure as a single observation, keeping the "the red
+  pair moves with the age boundary" framing, which is the part that is right. Headline untouched: **0 differing
+  leaf paths under the gate's scrub** across all 8 pairs. A control that is *more* red than claimed strengthens,
+  not weakens, the "the age class is live" conclusion.
+- **C5 is closed the way it was asked.** `recoveries/helm-g8-scrub.md` line 127 now records that the §Limits
+  clause *"the leaf path is named in the failure"* is **wrong as measured** — appended under the original line 115
+  rather than replacing it, additions only, +15/−0. The evidence file moved 8,195 B / `1aaf89eb…` → **9,517 B /
+  `50defb09…`**. The §4 `cp` pair is unaffected by that edit: collector `4e45021d80395d3f…` (720 lines / 29,954 B)
+  and selftest `4a442f625961a130…` (929 / 52,077) both re-read on this host, with the deployed pair untouched at
+  `ee0b36a8…` (687 / 27,907) and `7ed1bca8…` (609 / 33,647).