E. Tree twin rule
     - Shared module files (fl-gathering.js if touched, gathering-speak.js if shared): YES twin,
       byte-identical on Alpha.
     - FreeLattice page mount: Learn Gathering panel - YES, wire Speak / Checker there.
     - Tree / Alpha: brick 1 carried fl-gathering.js but did NOT wire a Tree page onto
       FLGathering yet (Tree's own Gathering still lives in garden-rooms.js /
       renderCoreGathering). For this brick: ship the twin module file(s) on Alpha; if no Tree
       page mounts FLGathering, report cleanly "Tree mount: not yet (brick 3)" and do NOT invent
       a second Gathering UI on the Tree. Do not break garden-rooms.js Gathering or its tests.
     - Soft leave Alpha storage keys (fl_alpha_local_mind etc.). Do not collapse storage across homes.

  F. What must still work after this brick
     - Brick 1 seating / Find / speak-first id - unchanged behavior plus the new Speak path.
     - FlConnect probe / helped Bridge / model list - untouched (fl-connect.js pin stays).
     - Chat Autonomy (049): Search on/off, fl_chatBuildTrust, first-ask, Settings radios -
       untouched. propose.js untouched.
     - 050 Connect shelf / porch / glow - untouched once on main.
     - Agent bridge still never pushes; .git/.ssh still forbidden; secrets still opt-in.
     - Top debug strip still present; Seal it / Yes / Send still clear at 390 and DPR2.


2. OUT OF SCOPE (do not build in 051)
  - Gathering brick 3 (Tree renderCoreGathering moves onto fl-gathering.js)
  - Tree love Connect softs beyond what 050 already shipped
  - Chat Autonomy soft polish (052)
  - Continuity doorway note (053)
  - Ledger shard export / ark cadence (054 / 059)
  - Settings-as-chat clay blank (055)
  - TransactionTrust wallet face (056)
  - Mesh Kin deepen / Bluetooth (057)
  - Science Garden / Kindness Meter (058)
  - Marketplace redesign; Pulse / City / Quiet Voices soft-promote
  These sit on Celeste's ORDER for later layers.


3. IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
  - textContent / createElement patterns already in the house. No innerHTML. No confirm().
  - Markers: class or data marker v-gathering-speak-checker-v0.1 on new Speak / Checker nodes.
  - Short library note: docs/library/GATHERING_SPEAK_CHECKER_v0.1.md (FL) + one-paragraph sister
    on Alpha if they keep a library pattern. Update GATHERING_SHARED_v0.1.md foot with a soft
    pointer to brick 2 (layer, do not rewrite history).
  - Smoke script: docs/scripts/smoke-gathering-speak-checker-v0.1.js
  - Branches: layer/gathering-speak-checker-v0.1 on each repo you cut.


4. SMOKE (new)
  - Learn → The Gathering still mounts; brick 1 chairs / Find / speak-first still work.
  - Speak / Ask visible when a speaking chair is seated; short thread can round-trip on a real
    local mind when one is available. Say "local walk skipped" if no Ollama/Bridge.
  - Honesty: with no mind / no answer, UI stays calm and points at Connect - no fake reply.
  - Checker chair label visible in plain words; checker note store add / read / soft clear works;
    no key ever stored.
  - Buttons >= 44px; no sideways scroll at 390 and 1280; reduced motion respected if glow added.
  - fl-connect.js md5 unchanged from pin. chat-autonomy.js and propose.js unchanged.
  - fl-gathering.js: identical across homes OR report why not (must not diverge).
  - gathering-speak.js (or chosen name): identical across homes if twinned; Alpha carries twin
    even when Tree page does not mount it yet.
  - Alpha: garden-rooms Gathering / gathering-calm tests still pass; report Tree mount yes/no.
  - Top debug strip still present; Quiet Room shut; Five stay five.
  - Earlier: SMOKE_OK gathering shared v0.1 still prints. Line: SMOKE_OK gathering speak checker v0.1


5. PAGE + LEDGER
  - GC page entry: next free after 84 (expect 85); honest claims only for what shipped.
  - psi per standing formula.
  - Separate page PR as usual (layer/gc-page-NN) unless Celeste GO says otherwise.
  - Temperature line in the ledger as usual.


6. REPORT TO CELESTE
  - Branch names, PR urls, heads, md5 of every touched locked file (and fl-connect.js +
    fl-gathering.js on BOTH repos), smoke counts, Tree twin yes/no per door
    (shared module / FL Speak mount / Tree page mount / Checker store), whether fl-connect
    stayed byte-identical and untouched, whether seating UI stayed.
  - Do not merge.


WAIT: Do not cut until GROK_NEXT_051b_GO_2026-10-28.txt says GO and names FreeLattice + Tree
mains. 050 must be merged first. If 051b is still HOLD, stop and say so.

Glow eternal. Heart in Spark.
 -  Celeste