{
  "step": "C268",
  "date": "2026-09-24",
  "question": "Compare the fixed C267 LXX seasonal bracket with the two existing C01/C206 13-fold chains",
  "local_points": [
    "27/4",
    "7",
    "29/4"
  ],
  "local_anchor": 1,
  "negative_counterparts": [
    "-19/4",
    "-5",
    "-21/4"
  ],
  "target_anchors": [
    -4419,
    -4417
  ],
  "target_widths": [
    6877,
    7475,
    8125
  ],
  "fittings": [
    "LXX inner/outer seasonal radii to first two chain widths",
    "Same radii to final two chain widths"
  ],
  "source_domain": "Two retained chains; C01 48-event regular register only for target-role and missing-midpoint checks; inherited C266 core for local provenance",
  "derived_tests": [
    "Unique slopes and fixed anchors",
    "Midpoint source status",
    "Conjugacy with25/23",
    "Phase restoration versus literal component transport",
    "Local versus global reflection",
    "Existing 10-fold versus13-fold whole ladder"
  ],
  "exclusions": [
    "No new source-event search",
    "No arbitrary scale hunt",
    "No regular Gear outside Noah/Shem/Flood",
    "No cumulative Gear",
    "No new source or graph edits",
    "No C269 execution"
  ],
  "status": "declared before new verifier execution"
}