{
  "number": 396,
  "date": "2026-09-24",
  "title": "Complete regular family census of E return loops",
  "question": "Which coherent adjacent-Gear Noah E/J loops exist across the fixed family menu, and which have a sourced P return?",
  "authorization": "User authorized next10 bounded steps C394–C403; 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."
}