Tonight, I’ll patch the bootloader to widen the seam. If I’m right, I can reach through and ask the other Aris what we’re supposed to do when the pipeline finally fails in this timeline.

The official firmware—v2.1.8—is a masterpiece of efficiency. Low latency, hardware-verified security zones, a cozy little FreeRTOS kernel. I’ve reviewed the source tree a dozen times. Clean. Boring. Perfect.

[CORE_WATCHDOG] - All quiet at Site 7. Reservoir stable. Operator Thorne, A., showed no anomalies.