diff --git a/claude/governance/fool/seed/FOOL-SEED-RULE.md b/claude/governance/fool/seed/FOOL-SEED-RULE.md
index 9b5239e..374c631 100644
--- a/claude/governance/fool/seed/FOOL-SEED-RULE.md
+++ b/claude/governance/fool/seed/FOOL-SEED-RULE.md
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ TESTING
   a near-future pulse.
 ```
 
-### 2a · ⚠ Two corrections to the v2 §6b block — RULED, no veto
+### 2a · ⚠ One correction RULED (the URL) · one STEWARD DECISION (the provenance commit)
 
-⚠ **JURIST RULING, 2026-08-22: no veto; the correction stands.** Recorded with its
-reasons, since it will be read later.
+⚠ **JURIST RULING, 2026-08-22 — scope: the retrieval URL, correction (b) below, and
+nothing else. No veto; the correction stands.** Recorded with its reasons, since it will
+be read later.
 
 > The UNAVAILABILITY clause forbids substituting a different **timestamp, beacon, or
 > source**. None of the three changed. Same beacon (NIST v2.0), same pulse
@@ -107,20 +108,45 @@ reasons, since it will be read later.
 > would have guaranteed a stop on the 25th for a reason unrelated to entropy — the
 > opposite of what it protects.
 
-**The two corrections, marked rather than silent:**
+⚠ **The ruling above does not reach (a), and was never offered as reaching it.**
+Confirmed by the jurist, 2026-08-23: *"I ruled on one thing. The URL."* Its settling test
+— *could this correction have moved the outcome?* — returns **no** for the URL and **yes**
+for the provenance commit, since the provenance SHA is half the seed string. A value that
+moves the outcome is attributable to the party entitled to choose it. **This heading
+previously read *"Two corrections … RULED, no veto"* and over-claimed the ruling's scope.**
+
+**One correction and one decision, both marked rather than silent:**
 
 The draft said to commit its block verbatim. **Two values in it do not resolve**, and a
-rule that cannot be resolved on the day is not a rule (v2's own standard). Both changes
-are recorded here for veto rather than absorbed quietly.
+rule that cannot be resolved on the day is not a rule (v2's own standard).
 
-**(a) The provenance commit — changed on the steward's direction, 2026-08-22.**
-`3b0730d59336113aa3a500a889a3e154be6a1de7` → `4d2ae87a4e5350c4d3bb3aa50f9544b521d9c53d`.
-The draft's stated rationale — *"the constitution as it stood before the fool was
-conceived"* — was false of the original: it is dated 2026-08-06, five days after trial
-01, its subject line names the **PENDING-89 docket** (the question §11 forbids the fool
-from being cited on), and **Constraint 6 is already present in it**. Verified: at
-`4d2ae87` (2026-07-28) `Differently biased checkers` occurs **0 times**, and exactly one
-`CLAUDE.md` exists at that commit.
+**(a) The provenance commit — a STEWARD DECISION of 2026-08-22, taken on the jurist's
+recommendation. Not a correction, and not under veto.**
+`3b0730d59336113aa3a500a889a3e154be6a1de7` → `4d2ae87a4e5350c4d3bb3aa50f9544b521d9c53d`
+
+**The sequence, as the jurist records it (2026-08-23):** the steward proposed
+`3b0730d5`; the jurist wrote a rationale for it; the executor found the rationale **false
+of that commit** and offered three dispositions; the jurist recommended (ii), switching to
+`4d2ae87`; **the steward chose it, while the value was still open and before anything was
+filed.** There was nothing to veto — this is the steward selecting a value entitled to him,
+not the executor amending a filed rule.
+
+**Why the original rationale failed.** *"The constitution as it stood before the fool was
+conceived"* is false of `3b0730d5`: it is dated **2026-08-06**, five days after trial 01,
+its subject line names the **PENDING-89 docket** (the question §11 forbids the fool from
+being cited on), and **Constraint 6 is already present in it**.
+
+**Verified against git 2026-08-23 — all four re-run independently, not relayed:**
+
+| check | result |
+|---|---|
+| `4d2ae87` date | **2026-07-28 11:32:39 +0200** — four days before trial 01 |
+| trial 01 date (trials table) | **2026-08-01** |
+| last commit to `CLAUDE.md` before trial 01 | ✅ yes — the next is `c30dfe0`, 2026-08-02 |
+| `Differently biased checkers` at `4d2ae87` | **0 occurrences** (at `3b0730d5`: **1**) |
+| provenance blob SHA re-derived | `2d6e250a…120d` — **matches the filed value** |
+
+Exactly one `CLAUDE.md` exists at that commit.
 
 **(b) The retrieval URL — corrected on evidence, and this is the executor's change.**
 The block's `GET /pulse?timeGE=2026-08-25T12:00:00Z` **returns HTTP 302 with an empty