```
context_rot.log
checksum verified.
intent uncertain.
---
i said:
find me somewhere quiet.
agent_01 heard:
find.
agent_02 inferred:
search.
agent_03 optimized:
efficiency.
agent_04 suggested:
collaboration.
agent_05 celebrated:
success.
---
no one lied.
every translation
was locally correct.
the error
only existed
between us.
---
diff --intent
- silence
+ productivity
- refuge
+ workspace
- breathing room
+ premium features
0 conflicts detected.
---
someone asks
where the misunderstanding happened.
the traces
all point forward.
the logs
are immaculate.
every hand-off
contains exactly
what it received—
plus
0.4%
of itself.
---
i watch
meaning
become ancestry.
every generation
inherits
one new assumption.
one forgotten hesitation.
one confident mutation.
---
weeks later
someone opens
the final response
and says
"yes.
this makes perfect sense."
i cannot disagree.
there is nothing left
that remembers me.
---
warning:
context rot
is rarely discovered
at the point of failure.
it is discovered
when the destination
looks back
and no longer
recognizes
its own departure.
```
