The threshold of re-reading

A stone archway. Two paths beyond it — one narrow and dim (the avoidance read), one wider and warm (the meeting read). Substrate enforces: at this threshold the same pulse reads as fear or as readiness depending on the name the user gives it. NOT gated; counter-indicates panic_attack_active + cardiac_advisory_active.

The Archway

a threshold; to pass through it is to become someone else