G'day! Reading Fable's plan now. The clear next move is **PANTHEON Stage 3ε — the closer** (voice grammar, polish nits, grimoire chapter, QA). REVELATION is gated behind it, so ε it is. Let me orient against the *actual* repo state before touching anything — anchors drift, and Fable's whole method is "verify, don't trust."

Confirmed: main is at `b8b1188` (pantheon stages 1–2 merged, ε not yet run), no `e-closer` branch, and every grammar target exists at a real anchor. `handleMessage` is at 4520 with no `godspeak` handling yet — exactly the clean slate ε expects. Let me set up my worktree and pull the finalized brief.

Worktree ready on `pantheon/e-closer`. Let me pull the E.1–E.3 sections of the finalized brief to lock the exact grammar spec.

I have the complete ε spec. Now I'll scout the exact integration points directly (I need to read them anyway to edit precisely), then reserve parallel workflows for the high-value verification. Reading the key regions in a batch:

Now let me pin down the remaining anchors precisely with targeted greps, then read the exact regions I'll edit.

I now have every anchor verified — grammar targets, ticker idiom (`now()`, `eventTicker.unshift`), `spokenNumber` needs, the dead `arp.up`, the beat BPM commit, SKINS keys, and the grimoire insertion point. Let me implement, starting with the four small E.2 polish edits:

Four polish edits done. Now the E.1 dispatch line in `handleMessage`, and the main GODSPEAK block inserted just before it:

Now the CSS for the listening chip. Let me find the end of the GODSPEED CSS block:

E.1 client is in. Now E.2.4 — the worker docstring macOS permissions. Let me check the current docstring:

E.1 and E.2 complete. Let me syntax-check before moving to the grimoire chapter:

Both parse. Now E.3 — the grimoire chapter. Let me see the GODRUM entries' end and what follows, to place the four new entries in the right spot:

The GODRUM `<li>` cluster ends at the "beat leaves the building" entry (1176), then the stage/commune entries. I'll insert the four pantheon entries right after it — "before the stage," per the brief:

Now regenerate the manual from the updated grimoire:

Manual regenerated with all four gods. Let me verify parse + diff scope, then drive the live QA:

Clean — JS parses, only the three expected files changed, zero stray hooks. Now the live QA. Let me add a temporary verification hook (removed before commit), then serve and drive the grammar:

Booted clean, hook live, initial state pristine. Now the full E.4 grammar QA — driving `godspeakCommand` with synthetic utterances and checking each effect:

**Every grammar command fires perfectly, zero errors** — including the compound number-word "one twenty"→120, the skin fuzzy-match ("skin runes"→futhark via its label), squash registering the dest on OMNI-open, and unmatched text arriving verbatim. Now the crown-jewel test (voice sets a mood, voice takes it back), bare mood names, and the rec chip:

Every command works — and my QA caught a **real pre-existing bug**: undoing the "first light" mood restored `bpm` (100 ✓) but **not `godtime.locked`** (stuck true). Everything else is perfect (bare mood names, rec chip on/off with display flex↔none, the `{text}` path correctly refused tempo while locked). Let me confirm the root cause in `serializePatch`:

Confirmed: `serializePatch()` carries `bpm` but omits `godtime.locked`, and `loadPatch` never restores it — so any mood that toggles the lock can't be fully undone. This is a **pre-existing UNGODLY/serialization gap** (reproducible via plain ⌘Z, not voice-specific), but it directly defeats ε's own crown-jewel QA criterion — *"'take it back' undoes the mood it just set."* It's a two-line, backward-compatible fix, so I'll land it and flag it prominently for review:

Fix applied. Let me reload and confirm the lock now reverts, plus run the §0.7 regression and console-error check:

Crown jewel fully green now — voice sets the mood (bpm 92, lock true), voice takes it back → fully restored (bpm 96, lock false). Let me check console cleanliness and exercise the real keyboard regression (`G`, `B`, `⌘Z`):

Zero console errors, and the ticker is visibly telling the whole story (`🗣 mood → first light`, `⏪ ungodly: mood: first light`, `⏪ nothing to take back…`). Now the real-keyboard regression — `G`, `B`, and `⌘Z`:

`G` and `B` both opened their panels via real keys, coexisting. Now real `⌘Z` should undo the tempo change:

Real `⌘Z` undid the tempo (110→96) and **zen stayed false** — the δ meta-guard holds. Let me close the §0.7 loop with `T` and `O`, then verify the arp doesn't get fed by keys 1–5:

Full §0.7 regression green — `T` opened tracks (closing beat via mutual exclusion), `O` opened OMNI, `arpHeld` stayed 0 through every keypress (keys 1–5 fire drums via `fireDrum`, never the arp). Now let me strip the temp hook and do final integrity checks:

The `grep -c` returned 0 (exit 1) which short-circuited the chain — good news (no hooks), but let me get the diff stat:

Clean — the only `console.log` hits are pre-existing (groove self-check, vibe code), no `__eps`/`TEMP`. Diff is exactly the three expected files (+145/−5 in index, +37 manual, +6 worker). 

Per the ultracode mandate, I'll independently verify my own work with an adversarial review workflow before committing — three lenses over the diff, each finding cross-examined by refuters:

The review is running in the background. While it works, let me proactively verify one thing it will scrutinize — that `keysEl` exists when a voice "open keys" arrives (it's referenced in my `flip` call):

`keysEl` is created unconditionally at init (line 8080), so the voice "open keys" path is safe, and `arp.up` is fully gone with no dangling references. 

Implementation and live QA are complete; I'm holding the commit until the independent adversarial review returns (it's the final gate, running in the background now). Here's where ε stands:

## Stage 3ε — GODSPEAK closer: built & QA'd ✅ (commit pending review)

**Branch:** `pantheon/e-closer` · **diff:** `viz/index.html +145/−5`, `viz/manual.html +37`, `workers/godspeak_worker.py +6`

**What's in:**
- **E.1 — the voice grammar.** `handleMessage` → `handleGodspeak` → `godspeakCommand`: tempo/bpm (with spoken-number parsing), squash %, AMPLER capture/chop, open/close each panel, play/stop beat, mood, skin, zen, and **"take it back" → undo**. First-match-wins, unmatched text arrives in the ticker verbatim. Plus a `🗣` listening chip that pulses on `{rec:1}` and clears on `{rec:0}`.
- **E.2 — polish:** pruned dead `arp.up`; the arp now breathes with `groove.velo`; the beat BPM input marks undo on real change; worker docstring gained the macOS Mic + Input-Monitoring notes.
- **E.3 — grimoire:** four house-voice entries (⚡🫀🗣⏪) + regenerated manual.

**Live QA — all green, zero console errors:** every grammar command fired correctly (incl. "one twenty"→120, "skin runes"→futhark, squash→0.6), the **crown jewel works** (voice sets a mood → "take it back" fully reverts it), rec chip toggles, and real keys `G/B/T/O/⌘Z` all work with **⌘Z not toggling zen**.

**One real bug my QA caught & fixed** (flagged for your review): `serializePatch` omitted `godtime.locked`, so undoing a lock-changing mood couldn't restore the lock — a *pre-existing* UNGODLY gap that defeated ε's own crown-jewel criterion. Two-line backward-compatible fix (old patches without the field are untouched). It's the one change to shared serialization, so it deserves your eyes.

I'll fold in any review findings, commit, and deliver the full §0.8 report the moment the workflow reports back.