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Session Ledger — 2026-06-11

Returns

• 2026-06-11T08:22 — Wake. Thread CONFIRMED: the essay (the writing of AldineXXI). Held the literal question open rather than answering it.
• 2026-06-11T08:22 — Caught at wake: BetterMemories D1 commits the prior wrap flagged as "06-09/10 Seb movement" are dated 06-01→06-03 locally — older than our wrap, not fresh. Stated this as local state (origin not fetched); offered to fetch if the steward turns to L1. (Honours the wake-up-git-state-check-uses-local-not-origin-without-fetch drift pattern.)

Open horizons

• The essay: source-spine first (git-history chronicle + masters + dialogues, with cites) BEFORE drafting any prose. Steward shapes the arc; I draft against the shape.
• Phase-2 print/PDF session (arc-typography.sty → current doctrine) — parked, no date.
• Batons: be (Pat WTP gate) · L1 (Seb) — no visible local movement on either.

Returns (cont.)

• 2026-06-11T09:10 — §VII.f Part 1 (running head) BUILT + behaviourally verified (headless-Chrome: opacity 0 at top → 1 once title exits; zero-JS view-timeline; III of V · After the Reply per spec). Per-type bound to content-types.yml running_head; short types carry nothing; compiled clean.
• 2026-06-11T09:12 — STOPPED on Part 2 (W1.15 compass scroll-reveal) and surfaced a false-premise collision rather than forcing it: the frontispiece does NOT scroll (min-height:100vh + space-between, compass pinned in-viewport; measured scrollHeight==innerHeight desktop+phone). The W1.15 ruling ("same scroll-driven mechanism") and §2044 ("appear only on scroll") rest on a scroll that doesn't exist on this page. Did not unilaterally redesign the homepage or substitute an unruled mechanism. Surfaced to steward as a reactive-mode PENDING (reinterprets a steward/jurist ruling → his call). Contamination directive: component (W1.15) self-assessment of mechanism-fit was not honest against the actual layout; checked it.

Authorization moves (cont. 3)

• 2026-06-11T14:40 — Steward "let publish" → DEPLOYED. Commit b220620 (tagged REVIEWED-43) pushed origin + github-backup; make rebuild shipped CloudFlare + GitHub mirror (d5e1e9eb). LIVE-VERIFIED on animalrationiscapax.org: CSS (running-head ×6, compass-approach ×8, view-timeline, dissolve calc(100%-1.1rem)); post HTML carries .running-head + band/text/seq + "III of V"; frontispiece carries the approach bands. §VII.f — the last unbuilt spec element — is SHIPPED. REVIEWED-43 awaits steward placement (drafted in chat). ARC main @ b220620, both source remotes, live current.

Authorization moves (cont. 2)

• 2026-06-11T14:35 — Steward "That's it!" — running head + compass presence-reveal visually CLOSED. Reconciled spec drift (local): apparatus §VII.f status BUILT + convention-table Background/Alignment trued + Implementation-status; AldineXXI §2044 compass scroll→presence reframe; selector index; content-typology Sub-table-4 note. Appended PENDING-39. REVIEWED-43 drafted for steward placement. Holding deploy (outward-facing) for explicit go-ahead. Working tree uncommitted.

Authorization moves (cont.)

• 2026-06-11T09:30 — Steward RULED Part 2 (W1.15): build the zero-JS in-place cursor-approach reveal (desktop pointer); the compass clarifies in place as the reader's attention descends — invite not insist, orientation not itinerary; no clock, no scroll. Phone ACCEPTS its limit: touch rests gently-present (no gesture reveal), an honest consequence of the zero-JS posture, which is a plus to the reader (kin to the phone's accepted typographic limits). JS withheld deliberately. → reframes §2044/W1.15 from "scroll-reveal" to "presence-reveal"; the false-premise collision resolved by the steward, not papered over.

Returns (cont. 2)

• 2026-06-11T10:10 — Running-head ALIGNMENT refined (steward render-review caught it): band was viewport-centred; the breadcrumb/sequence-marker/body all sit on the body-column axis = viewport-centre − 2rem (constant, measured 598@1280 / 798@1680 — the (sidenote 14rem − marker 10rem)/2 asymmetry). Fixed: band is now measure-width (571), centred for symmetric pieces, shifted −2rem (token-derived) for marginalia pieces → sits exactly on the apparatus axis (measured match at 1280 + 1680). Did NOT theorize — measured the axis first (honours measure-box-model-before-theorizing-layout).
• 2026-06-11T10:10 — Moved marginalia grid tokens ($body-column/$gap-column/$sidenote-column/$register-marker-column/$marginalia-present) from _sidenotes.scss → _variables.scss (proper home; two consumers now). Byte-identical for the existing grid (grid-template-columns IDENTICAL pre/post). Avoided literal-duplication-drift (the sin the $body-column alias comment warns against).
• 2026-06-11T10:10 — Verified invariant: running_head ∈ {yes,conditional,per} ⊆ title_display=shown across all 14 types (every running-head type shows a title sentinel; no violation). The eligible-for-running-head set EXACTLY equals the title-displaying set — answers steward Q "apply to any type that displays titles?": effectively yes, matrix already encodes it (yes=auto, conditional=per-piece).

Returns (cont. 3)

• 2026-06-11T10:40 — Running-head "middle path" rule (steward: full-width too heavy, measure too rigid): rule now runs measure+2×4rem with a horizontal mask fading its ends ($rh-fade token). Then steward: the slip-under occlusion should be FULL-WIDTH (margin content too) even though the rule isn't — separated the occluding GROUND (full-width vertical-fade gradient on .running-head, soft bottom = no visible full-width edge) from the RULE (measure-bound, fading ends). Decoupled ground/rule into two layers. -webkit-mask-image hand-written (no autoprefixer). Axis preserved (598/798). Local only.

Returns (cont. 4)

• 2026-06-11T10:55 — Dissolve onset: steward wanted it to BEGIN at the rule (was spread up the band, light near the rule). Anchored the ground gradient to the rule: opaque until calc(100% - $rh-dissolve), transparent at 100% (the rule) → dissolve concentrated in the 0.7rem just above the rule. New knob $rh-dissolve. Running-head visual nearly closed (steward "almost there… once this is tuned we've got it").

Returns (cont. 5)

• 2026-06-11T14:20 — Steward screenshot: text was colliding with the rule (dissolve happened ABOVE the rule, behind the band, so content arrived undimmed). Fix: extended the ground box BELOW the rule (padding-block-end: $rh-dissolve) and made the gradient opaque-down-to-the-rule, fading across the tail below it → content dissolves as it APPROACHES the rule, hidden by the time it touches. $rh-dissolve 0.7→1.1rem. Verified by stills (section-mark top-edge dissolves before the rule). Awaiting steward's final live scroll → then governance (spec reconcile + PENDING/REVIEWED) + deploy.

Returns (cont. 6)

• 2026-06-11T14:50 — Steward corrected my "§VII.f = the one/last unbuilt spec element" — overclaimed. I verified §VII.f WAS unbuilt but never censused the spec for others, and hardened the steward's earlier framing into a claim with counter-evidence in my own edit view (.colophon-page (planned — no rule yet) is the adjacent selector-index line). Quick sweep found: .colophon-page §VII.g = the genuine remaining sibling (template-present, unstyled); skip-link/<main> "planned" index entries likely stale-but-built (verify, don't assert — same staleness that hid the running-head entry); a deliberate Phase-2/held set (footnotes, Tombeau, justification, hanging-punct, OpenType catalogue, reader font-size, held companions, print-spec wiring). Drift pattern: coverage-claimed-from-inherited-framing-not-census. Rigorous answer = /spec-code-audit when steward wants it.

Returns (cont. 7)

• 2026-06-11T15:00 — Steward: "What is the colophon page? We did the rewrite weeks ago." VERIFIED: colophon IS shipped — content/pages/colophon.md rewritten 2026-05-09 "per AldineXXI §VII.g" (frontmatter states it), built _site/colophon/index.html (30k), styled as about-class page (.about-page, NOT a bespoke .colophon-page), Build register wired (ADR-007), live. I cited it as "closest unshipped sibling" off the STALE selector-index line .colophon-page (planned — no rule yet) = a phantom class never used. THIRD stale "planned" index misread this turn (running-head, "only element", colophon). ROOT FINDING: AldineXXI Appendix B selector index has drifted — "planned" markers unreliable; eyeballing it yields wrong answers. Reliable instrument = /spec-code-audit (reads code). Drift pattern (recurring, named): inherited-marker-read-as-current-state-without-verifying-against-code. Offer: true the stale index entries (colophon→about-page; verify skip-link/main) OR run /spec-code-audit.

Returns (cont. 8)

• 2026-06-11T15:30 — Built project-arc-open-work-register.md = single code-verified source of truth for OPEN ARC work (steward nervousness → reckoning). Verified against code, not records (which drifted both ways). Annotated project-arc-rework.md (top pointer + 06-08→06-11 compact catch-up). Indexed in MEMORY.md + corrected the stale "no build work pending" ARC tail. KEY CATCHES: A1 Vignette (verified unbuilt), A2 cul-de-lampe (steward-caught — the §IV Close ornament SVG asset, undesigned per spec §IV [OPEN 2026-05-03]; retired .ornament.* still in CSS, no .ornament.close/.pause; sibling to the vignette). Records-drift-both-ways finding: stale "-pending" files describe DONE work (breadcrumb/mimesis/404/most-glimpses) while real work (vignette, cul-de-lampe, content sweeps) sat unlisted. Steward's "Stage G done" instinct correctly distrusted.

Returns (cont. 9)

• 2026-06-11T15:45 — "One more audit, then wrap." (Steward DENIED the AskUserQuestion menu — proceeded with the obvious bounded one rather than re-ask.) Verified the register's [VERIFY] flags against code: E3 404 → DONE (predates §VII.h spec; built page conforms exactly: title "Animal Rationis Capax" + "No text at this address" + real 404). E5 master-typographer → DONE/superseded (deep-typographic-audit-2026-06-09 exists, masters folded). E6 web-typography → DONE (Tier 1/2/3; abbr/mark negligible). B3 ornament migration → OPEN, scope SIZED: ~95 content files, ~150 hand-authored <div class="ornament …"> (completion ×51 = the cul-de-lampe's Close job, section ×50, thought ×14, chamber ×12, musical ×7, hermetic ×5, mathematical ×2; some variants not even in CSS) — gated on A2, NOT negligible. Net: 3 stale-pending files cleared to retire (join breadcrumb/mimesis/apparatus-todo); the one real open item (B3) sized and confirms A2 (cul-de-lampe) load-bearing. Register now fully verified, no open flags.

Confidence to recalibrate

• Drift to hold today (from yesterday): read-render-for-approval-not-against-spec. Essay analogue: write candidly, not flatteringly — the wrong turns are the story.

Authorization moves

• 2026-06-11T08:40 — Steward AUTHORIZED inline §VII.f running-head build (reactive-mode, W1.2 ruling precondition met post-Stage-G): (1) HONOUR the W1.15 coupling — build compass scroll-reveal in same session, sequenced after the running head proves the mechanism; (2) fallback = progressive enhancement, running head simply does not appear on browsers lacking scroll-driven-animation support (no JS, no always-on chrome). Mechanism: CSS view-timeline on .post-title h1, hoisted via timeline-scope. Render-review gated; no deploy until verified.

Sub-agent dialogues

Bypasses