The core conversion eats everything that arrives (routing is the problem); thoughts stay wherever they are stranded — reservoirs, machines, severed sections — with no decay or refund; a standing watch drains ~10-20% of one rack. All ROADMAP #33 design opens are resolved; numbers stay TUNE against the anchors. Defense: dated decisions on machine-work.md's core-sink and ops bullets and intel.md's watch clause per Cameron's calls; ROADMAP #33 marked dispatchable; no src change — implementation rides #33.