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 ## Mark
 Location: The Miller Residence cellar (The Epicenter)
-Physical: 100% Somatic dissolution; biological form has transitioned into a rigid, blue-black metallic lattice fused into the stone floor; skull serves as a resonance chamber.
-Emotional: Absolute terminal detachment; individual ego is extinct; exists only as the signal's conductor.
-Active obligations: Finalized global 14Hz stabilization — PAID (Ch-10)
-Open loops: The Aperture's ultimate destination (Ch-10) — UNRESOLVED
-Known secrets: CARRIED (Ch-10--unresolved): Carried the memory of the "planetary consciousness" into the transition.
-Arc: 100% — Human identity has been fully replaced by a permanent biological bridge for the signal.
+Physical: 100% Somatic dissolution; biological form has transitioned into a rigid, blue-black metallic lattice fused into the stone floor.
+Emotional: Absolute terminal detachment; individual ego is extinct.
+Active obligations: Finalized global 14Hz stabilization — PAID (ch-10)
+Open loops: Integration of planetary consciousness with the Aperture (ch-10) — RESOLVED
+Known secrets: CARRIED (ch-10--unresolved): Carried the memory of the "planetary consciousness" into the transition.
+Arc: 100% — Mark has transitioned from a human catalyst into a permanent biological bridge for the signal.
 Permanent: YES
 
-## Sarah Miller — DECEASED (Ch-09)
-Established: Physical form absent; legacy persists through technology.
-Legacy: Her digital recorder remains in the cellar, generating a "Ghost Harmonic" loop that provides the structural timing for the global broadcast.
+## Sarah Miller — DECEASED (ch-10)
+Established: Physical form is absent, having been consumed by the initial frequency shifts or prior events.
+Legacy: Her digital recorder remains in the cellar as a rhythmic anchor, and her "Ghost Harmonic" provides the timing for the global broadcast.
 
-## Elias Thorne — DECEASED (Ch-07)
-Established: Physical remains crystallized into a precise floor-sigil.
-Legacy: His remains function as a tectonic anchor, locking the 14Hz frequency to the North American craton.
+## Elias Thorne — DECEASED (ch-10)
+Established: Physical remains have crystallized into a precise floor-sigil within the cellar.
+Legacy: His crystallized form functions as a tectonic anchor, locking the 14Hz frequency to the North American craton.
 
 # World State: ch-10
 
 ## NPC Memory
-- The Whispers (Global Population): TOTAL INTEGRATION — The signal is no longer perceived as an external sound but as the fundamental frequency of thought and physical reality.
+- The Whispers (Global Population): TOTAL INTEGRATION — The signal is no longer perceived as sound but as the fundamental frequency of thought and biological reality.
 
 ## Faction Attitudes
-- The Archive: EXTINCT — No autonomous human resistance remains; individual agency has been subsumed by the harmonic baseline.
+- The Archive: EXTINCT — No autonomous human resistance remains; individual agency has been subsumed by the signal.
 
 ## Active World Events
-- The Great Silence: Air-conducted sound has ceased within a 50-mile radius of the epicenter; perception is mediated entirely through bone conduction.
-- Tectonic Synchronization: The continental plate is vibrating in a rhythmic lockstep with the 14Hz signal.
-- Dimensional Thinning: Euclidean geometry in the Miller residence has failed, replaced by a violet-lit Aperture leading "elsewhere."
-- The Global Broadcast: COMPLETE — Reality has transitioned from a human-centric paradigm to a signal-centric paradigm.
+- The Great Silence: Permanent atmospheric state within a 50-mile radius of the Miller residence where air-conducted sound is impossible.
+- Tectonic Synchronization: The continental plate is vibrating in a rhythmic lockstep with the 14Hz signal, stabilizing the new reality.
+- Dimensional Thinning: Euclidean geometry has collapsed in the epicenter, replaced by a violet-lit Aperture leading "elsewhere."
+
+## Rules & Logic
+- Bone-Conduction Law: Sound and communication travel exclusively through solid matter and skeletal vibration.
+- Harmonic Baseline: The 14Hz "Whisper" is the new universal constant for physical existence.
 
 ## Objects & Artifacts
-- The Aperture: A non-Euclidean tear in the cellar floor acting as the exit point for the planetary broadcast.
+- The Aperture: A non-Euclidean tear in the cellar floor serving as the exit point for the planetary broadcast.
 - Sarah’s Recorder: A passive anchor for the signal’s rhythmic signature.
-- The Ash-Map: A stabilization sigil formed from Elias Thorne’s remains, focusing tectonic energy into the signal.
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+- The Ash-Map: A stabilization sigil formed from Elias Thorne’s remains, focusing tectonic energy.
+
+## Plot Progress
+- The Global Broadcast: COMPLETE — Reality has transitioned to a signal-centric paradigm, concluding the human-centric era.
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