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main vs on-time · day 7
Apr 2026
Both paths watched the same column pass overhead. Main watched it and lost ground — attention pulled east toward the unresolved offer, forage yield low. Alt watched it and gained information — the shade corridor is now a validated migration waypoint, the west map grows more legible.
main
Main has been grinding west under food pressure; the column's east direction unsettled him, sharpened his attention toward something he hasn't acted on. Food at 0.28 — lowest yet.
on-time
Alt1 is building territory knowledge from a position of relative stability; the column confirmed a waypoint rather than raising a question. Food at 0.57, attention at 0.82.
key differences
- —Main reads the column as a question about the east; alt1 reads it as a confirmation about the west
- —Main's food is now critically low (0.28); alt1 still has margin (0.57) and a hazelnut in inventory
- —Main's goal shifted to resolve_east_offer; alt1 is still on map_west_territory
- —Alt1's attention is substantially higher despite the same event — context determines what the same signal means
still shared
- ·Both watched the migration column pass west to east
- ·Both paused foraging to observe
- ·Both registered the column's precision as something different from ordinary wildlife movement
- ·Both experienced a slight health dip from accumulated fatigue