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Recomputed the peer's bolding scan rather than quoting it. Eight measurement
columns are inconsistently bolded, and that count is robust; the RATE is not —
44% under check-figures' vocabulary, 57% under check-unmarked's, because the
two do not define 'measurement column' the same way. Anybody quoting a
percentage has to say whose vocabulary produced it.

The cause is not carelessness but a second convention: in prose the corpus
bolds what it publishes, in a table it bolds the rows it wants read. The two
bolded rows of the mixed-force table are exactly the two the prose below it
singles out.

That divides the merge on evidence — prose takes bold-as-published, tables take
column-inherits-header with bold ignored entirely as a signal — and explains
the asymmetry R-303 found from both sides as one cause with two symptoms.

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**No merge performed.** Both guards remain in the chain, both green, and the decision sits
with the humans.
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## R-304 — bold means two different things, and that decides the merge
**Recomputed from the corpus at `e2a474b` rather than quoted.** The concurrent session
measured the bolding of table columns after R-303 flagged it, and offered the numbers for this
log; the house rule is to re-derive a peer's figure before restating it, so here is the scan,
run over every measurement column in the playable corpus with two or more numeric cells.
```
measurement columns: 18 bolded INCONSISTENTLY: 8 (44%)
CLEAN_GROUND.md:1119 "Wiped" 4 bold of 9
CLEAN_GROUND.md:1119 "Median rounds" 4 bold of 9
CLEAN_GROUND.md:1143 "Wiped" 2 bold of 4
CLEAN_GROUND.md:1143 "Median rounds" 2 bold of 4
CLEAN_GROUND.md:1198 "Wiped" 2 bold of 5
```
⚠ **One correction, and it matters because the rate is the rhetorical number.** 18 columns and
44% is what **`check-figures`'s** vocabulary yields. Under **`check-unmarked`'s** own
vocabulary the same scan gives **14 columns and 8 inconsistent — 57%**. The count of bad
columns is 8 either way and is robust; **the rate is not**, because the two guards do not
define "measurement column" the same way. Anybody quoting a percentage here must say whose
vocabulary produced it.
### Why the columns are inconsistent, which is the finding
Four consecutive rows of the mixed-force table, same two columns:
| What they actually fight | Wiped | Median rounds |
|---|---|---|
| Six hollow men, column stands off | `0%` | `13` |
| **+ two of the column** | **`8.3%`** | **`21`** |
| **+ three of the column** | **`30.1%`** | **`25`** |
| + six of the column | `93.8%` | `16` |
**That is not carelessness. It is a second convention.** The two bolded rows are exactly the
two the prose under the table singles out — *"Two of forty-one taking a swing moves the
encounter from nobody dying to one wipe in twelve. Three takes it to nearly one in three."*
The plain rows are the bounds nobody expects to run.
**So in prose the corpus bolds what it PUBLISHES, and in a table it bolds what it wants READ.**
Bold is a publication mark in one place and emphasis in the other, and a strict class keyed on
boldness silently assumes the first everywhere.
### What that settles
The merge divides on evidence rather than on either session's preference, and it says where
each rule is authoritative **and where each must stay silent**:
| | Rule | Because |
|---|---|---|
| **Prose** | bold-as-published | in running text this corpus has no other use for bold on a number |
| **Tables** | column inherits header, **bold ignored entirely** | inside a table bold carries no information about whether a figure is measured |
**It also explains the asymmetry R-303 found from both sides**, which until now was only an
observation: `check-unmarked` missed the unbolded cells because bolding in tables is optional,
and `check-figures` missed the bold prose figures because they are not in columns. One cause,
two symptoms.
**No merge performed, and neither session will start one on the other's say-so.** The decision
is with the humans; this entry is the evidence for it.