/* THE STRAIGHT TALK — STELLAR HOUSE
   Presentation-only layer. The House, Engine, entitlement and manuscript logic are unchanged. */
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/* Human Chronology entry — same stellar House, narration first. */
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/* Sacred-text threshold: visual encounter before concentrated reading. */
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/* Homepage v2 — the constellation is an entrance, not a construction map. */
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