Revelation

What did the encounter disclose?

Return to the merged field notes: one observation is missing. That is the finding. An insufficient conflict rule may explain it; retaining both versions may correct it. Keeping those statements separate gives the next inquiry its shape. We know what happened, have a possible account of why, and have something further to test.

Revelation brings what happened into accountable interpretation. Read the evidence against Canon's previously declared criteria, preserving sources, failures, and capture gaps. Then ask what each conclusion requires. A score cannot establish a cause; the diagnosis needs evidence for that cause. A proposed correction needs another trial and an adoption decision from its responsible owner.

Da'at names recognition that has become usable. The absent observation exposes what the next attempt must repair, and the suspected rule becomes a question to test. The finding gives another act its reason; the receiving owner decides whether to admit it.

Numbers / Numeri, whose title derives from its censuses, gives this chapter its image of taking account across a journey. The account must retain both what the encounter disclosed and what it left unknown.

Drift's observation and judgment contract preserves what was measured and what the evidence supports. When a finding crosses ownership boundaries, Returning Findings follows the retained dependencies toward the smallest supported correction. A finding does not itself rewrite the workflow or promote a candidate.

What should survive this encounter into another undertaking? Distillation prepares the lesson for that passage.