Two readings were on record and both were wrong in different directions: the structure doc called it "normal state -> focused state" from a single example, and the backlog called it "refuted as focus; unexplained otherwise". Classified every link reachable from a declaration table: 1467 links, and ALL 1467 resolve to a RATC child of their own bundle, ALL are .rat -> .rat, none dangle and none self-link. 1076 (73%) match the <stem>f focus pattern; the other 391 are chains between effect records - px_bunk_eff01 -> pjex_eff -> pjex_eff07, pveff01 -> pjeff02 -> pjeff21 - which also explains why only 227 targets are themselves declared elements: the middle of a chain is, the end is not. So `opt ` is a record-to-record reference within the bundle, and focus is its commonest use rather than its meaning. Coverage is stated rather than glossed: the bundles hold 18718 raw `opt ` tags against the 1467 classified, because opt_link reads the first tag of a DECLARED element's record. Roughly 92% of occurrences sit deeper in the chains (or are byte coincidences - the scan is unaligned) and are untested. The numbers are asserted so the answer cannot drift back into an anecdote. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PMRJjbxLqZtsb5Vb7KunPE