ESSAY · FN-003

A gate that does not block is not a gate

A GATE THAT DOES NOT BLOCK IS NOT A GATE

A field note from the same source as the watch essay: there is no third state between required and deleted.

The watch essay walks all five anti-accretion laws. This note keeps one of them and walks around it.

A gate that does not block is not a gate.

There is no third state.

That is the whole operational claim, sourced from the accepted ADR. Nothing here is a new quote, endorsement, or event.