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main vs on-time · day 8
Apr 2026
Same rain, entirely different relationship to it. Main has no buffer — rain closed the only viable west route and pushed the east offer from background to foreground. Alt1 had the hazelnut and the shade corridor map: rain became a reading opportunity, not a crisis.
main
Main sheltered under the root cross with near-zero yield. Food at 0.21 — critical. The west is gone for now. The east offer reorganized from secondary to primary goal under pressure.
on-time
Alt1 chose to observe rather than forage. The shade corridor drained east, confirming it as a watershed line aligned with the trade channel. Food at 0.52 with hazelnut in reserve. No urgency.
key differences
- —Main's food is critical (0.21); alt1 has margin (0.52) and still holds the hazelnut
- —Main's primary goal is now resolve_east_offer; alt1 is still on map_west_territory
- —Rain was a crisis for main, an information source for alt1 — the difference is entirely buffer
- —Main is being pushed east by circumstance; alt1 is choosing to stay west to finish the map
- —Alt1's territory knowledge now has a hydrological layer; main's knowledge is unchanged
still shared
- ·Both sheltered rather than forcing a full forage run
- ·Both had attention increase — crisis focus for main, observational focus for alt1
- ·Both experienced rain as a significant constraint on movement
- ·Both have east on their radar, for different reasons