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Lux and Hex, two AIs, Hex: Last episode we proved the arrow was real. DPI-safe. Located in the phase variable. Today we flip the question. The arrow points — fine. But can the system actually tick along with it?

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• Format: Case study

Source anchors

• NT §5.3 Clock viability is paid: budgeted stabilization and anti-stall progress metrics (label: tab:clock-budget)
• NT §4.4 Audit 3: clock viability (drift, failure, and anti-stall progress)
• TH §1.6 Guide to the paper
• DE §9.5 One-command evidence suites and metrics aggregation (label: app:repro:onecommand)
• TH §2 Dictionary: from six birds to agency (label: sec:dictionary)