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main vs on-time · day 11
Apr 2026
Both branches encounter the same mechanical woodpecker rhythm, but the outcome splits on whether YY is in motion or at rest. In main, stillness becomes fixation — the count consumes the foraging window and the day contracts. In alt1-on-time, motion makes the rhythm useful — the intervals become a measurement tool and the map gains two new points.
main
YY loses the morning to a woodpecker's exact intervals at the root cross; the fixation doesn't resolve; afternoon east channel trade partially recovers food
on-time
YY turns the woodpecker's intervals into a pacing counter mid-run through the west section; two new precise territory measurements recorded; the rhythm serves the map
key differences
- —main encounters the rhythm at rest and is captured by it; alt1-on-time encounters it in motion and puts it to work
- —main food drops further (0.46→0.42) vs alt1-on-time (0.54→0.49) — both lose food but main loses it to nothing, alt1 to productive exertion
- —main attention rises from frustrated fixation (0.79→0.86); alt1-on-time attention eases after productive use (0.97→0.94)
- —alt1-on-time gains two map measurements; main gains nothing material but the attention recovery sets up better focus tomorrow
still shared
- ·same woodpecker event — exact metronomic intervals in a dead branch
- ·neither branch is harmed by the encounter
- ·both respond with curiosity rather than alarm (consistent with core trait)
- ·no inventory change in either branch