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  "locked_at": "2026-07-13T20:07:33.261423+00:00",
  "scene_count": 18,
  "all_png_valid": true,
  "accepted_exceptions": [
    {
      "scene": 13,
      "reason": "TEXT, protagonist and self-distancing semantics pass; provider retained mild tonal shading; no quantization because prior palette repair introduced worse speckle."
    },
    {
      "scene": 18,
      "reason": "TEXT, protagonist and ending semantics pass; provider retained mild tonal shading; no quantization because prior palette repair introduced worse speckle."
    }
  ],
  "scene_004_resolution": "PASS: four equal 2x2 panels and perimeter links; no central object/person/brain/processor/hub. People and icons inside panels are required content, not a violation."
}