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@@ -2568,7 +2568,21 @@ knowing you were looking.
 | elements with ≥ 2 keyframes | 13 991 |
 | have a plateau — the dwell fallback never runs | 11 686 |
 | **have none — the fallback decides** | **2 305** |
-| **of those, it returns a VISIBLE pose** | **1 697 (74 %)** |
+| of those, it returns a visible pose | 1 697 |
+| **of those, it returns the element's MAXIMUM alpha** | **1 457** |
+
+⚠️ **Correction: 1 697 is not a defect count** and I implied it was. An element that
+genuinely ends visible *should* rest visible. **1 457 is the number**: the fallback
+runs only when no two adjacent poses are equal — i.e. only when **no pose is held** —
+so every pose it can return is un-held by construction, and 1 457 times it hands back
+the *brightest* one.
+
+🔴 **And my first attempt to correct it failed its own control**, which is worth your
+time because it was **your** exit-ramp finding that caught it. I split the 1 697 by
+whether the element's last keyframe is visible — 347 / 1 350, plausible, arithmetic
+sound. But **12 278 of 13 991 elements (87.8 %) end at `a = 0`**, for exactly the
+reason your census called `ptmsg` a 2-unit flash. The split was near-uninformative.
+Without your message the 1 350 would have shipped.
 
 **`GP_TITLE`: 5 fires, 4 visible — and all four are on the SPLASH screens you
 ship.** `palogo_sqex_eff.t32` and `palogo_anima_eff.t32`, entries 10/11/13/14, each