{
  "number": 386,
  "date": "2026-09-24",
  "title": "Source-qualified E/J affine square and component limits",
  "question": "Does the Shem-death lift give an exact affine square, and which inherited phase comparisons preserve its source endpoints?",
  "authorization": "User authorized next10 bounded steps C384–C393; next question reassessed after each completed result.",
  "scope": "Mirror/529; regular Gears Noah/Shem/Flood only; SP companion local. Fixed source inputs, no canonical/graph changes."
}