diff --git a/docs/LANES/LANE_E_NOTES.md b/docs/LANES/LANE_E_NOTES.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,43 @@
 # LANE E — cross-lane notes
 
+## Round 16 — v3.1 THE FLIP: the drummer's sit clip (E asset half) ⟨v3.1 amendment⟩
+
+> Ledger #2 asset half — the drummer finally sits. **E produces the clip; D wires it** (`_rotWithHips`
+> + `spawnRig` foot re-plant + F's seated-stature gate). **`sit.glb` delivered, verified, committed +
+> on depot.** → **Lane D: it's ready** (`web/models/peds/sit.glb`, canon binds 195/195, seated confirmed).
+
+**Asset:** `web/models/peds/sit.glb` — a mesh-free animation clip, **structurally identical to the
+shipped `walk.glb`/`idle.glb`**: 66 nodes (65 `mixamorig` bones + root), 0 meshes, 1 dangling skin
+(inverseBindMatrices + 65 joints, referenced by 0 nodes — the vestigial artifact Blender glTF I/O
+leaves, which makes glTF tools read it as an armature), 195 channels (65 bones × TRS). 109 KB, no Draco.
+
+**Source + provenance:** Adobe **Mixamo `Sitting_Idle.fbx`** (533 KB) — fetched by `scp` from the
+tailnet source box `johnking@100.91.239.7:~/Documents/mixamo-fetch/out/` per Lane D's recipe (the
+local `~/Documents/mixamo-fetch` path is stale/empty). Converted on-device via Blender headless
+(`pipeline/fbx_to_clip.py`, **new tool**): import FBX → export skinned GLB → pure-python mesh-strip
+that keeps the skeleton + dangling skin + animation and re-indexes/compacts. Raw Mixamo `mixamorig:`
+naming is already canonical (`rigs.js._canon` normalizes `mixamorig<N>` → `mixamorig`, so no bone
+rename). **Licence zone: Adobe Mixamo royalty-free animation license — the SAME zone as the
+already-shipped `walk`/`idle` clips** (the whole ped fleet is Mixamo-rigged). Mesh stripped, so only
+the skeleton *motion* ships (retargeted onto the game's own peds), never Mixamo character geometry.
+
+**Verified (E's half — D verifies the wired in-scene pose):**
+- **three.js** (vendored GLTFLoader): loads, dur 4.33 s, 195 tracks, 65 bones, **195/195 bind** to a
+  ped skeleton after `_canon`, **0 NaN** track values (mesh-strip re-index is clean).
+- **Blender** (the tool that measures `walk` at 1.276 m standing): the clip poses **seated** — Hips
+  descend 0.955 m (standing) → **0.299 m**, stature 1.276 → 0.758 m. Eyes-on bone-dot render confirms
+  the folded seated silhouette vs walk's upright one: `docs/shots/laneE/sit_clip.png` (left walk, right sit).
+
+**Depot:** published to `digalot.fyi/3god` via the passwordless tailnet ingress under **John's R13
+authorization** (`_published.json` 38 → 39; confirmed 200 on the public depot). **NOTE (benign):**
+`sit.glb` — like `vintage-cash-register.glb` — is non-`procity_`-prefixed, so `publish.py --verify`'s
+`procity_`-only drift filter lists it as "not live" (a **false drift** — it IS live). Cosmetic only;
+`validate_manifest` gates are unaffected (clips are not manifest GLBs).
+
+**"Manifest":** ped clips load by **convention** (`rigs.js` `base='models/peds/'`), NOT via
+`web/assets/manifest.json` — so there is no asset-manifest entry, same as `walk`/`idle`. D owns the
+loader wiring (`spawnRig`/fleet). Bench-sit loiter (Fable's stretch goal) reuses this same clip.
+
 ## Round 14 — v3.0 PROVENANCE FREEZE ✅ (release round)
 
 > **FROZEN for the v3.0 tag** (2026-07-16). Lane E R14 is a provenance close-out — **no new synthesis**
@@ -30,6 +68,7 @@
 | Skins (2D) | 96 | 90sDJsim ports (7 facade + 2 ground) + thriftgod R1 store-art + `flux_local` gap-fill fronts/posters | `gen_skins.py --local` (on-device) | 🟢 web-ok |
 | Audio pack | 28 | 100% procedural numpy synthesis (`gen_audio.py`) | oscillator/noise render → ffmpeg OGG+M4A | 🟢 CC0-equiv, parody-safe |
 | Stock packs | 3 (350/311/273) | GODVERSE `dealgod` Postgres — **real** cover art | `build_stock_pack.py`: parody-transform metadata + atlas | 🟢 real-art / parody-metadata |
+| Ped clip **⟨v3.1⟩** | `sit.glb` (E R16; + pre-existing `walk`/`idle` from D/90sDJsim) | Adobe **Mixamo** `Sitting_Idle.fbx` | `fbx_to_clip.py` (Blender, mesh-strip) | 🟢 Mixamo royalty-free (motion only, mesh stripped) |
 
 **GLB fleet = 33 manifest (23 fit + 10 furniture) + 5 `_hi` = 38 published.** Only external spend ever:
 ~$0.64 (fal-Hunyuan, R5). Everything else is $0 / on-device (electricity only).
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diff --git a/pipeline/_published.json b/pipeline/_published.json
index 9d37327..a384e35 100644
--- a/pipeline/_published.json
+++ b/pipeline/_published.json
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@
   "procity_street_novelty_record_01.glb",
   "procity_street_park_bench_01.glb",
   "procity_street_streetlight_01.glb",
+  "sit.glb",
   "vintage-cash-register.glb"
 ]
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diff --git a/pipeline/fbx_to_clip.py b/pipeline/fbx_to_clip.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+"""PROCITY mixamo-clip converter — a Mixamo `.fbx` animation → a mesh-free house clip GLB, the exact
+shape of the shipped `web/models/peds/walk.glb` / `idle.glb`: armature + one animation, NO mesh, but
+WITH the (now dangling) skin that Blender's glTF I/O leaves behind — 65 `mixamorig` joints +
+inverseBindMatrices, referenced by zero nodes. That vestigial skin is what makes glTF tooling (and
+Blender re-import) reconstruct the file as an armature; three.js binds the clip by track name via
+Lane D's `rigs.js` `_canon` regardless, so no bone rename is needed.
+
+Runs headless on this box's Blender:
+    BL=/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender
+    "$BL" --background --python fbx_to_clip.py -- IN.fbx OUT.glb [ClipName]
+
+Two stages, one command: (1) Blender imports the FBX (mesh+armature+anim) and exports a SKINNED GLB
+(the skin needs the mesh to be emitted); (2) a pure-python glTF strip removes the mesh + its geometry
+accessors, re-indexing/compacting so only the skeleton + dangling skin + animation remain (≈100 KB).
+"""
+import bpy, sys, os, json, struct, tempfile
+
+ARGV = sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--") + 1:]
+FBX, OUT = ARGV[0], ARGV[1]
+CLIP = ARGV[2] if len(ARGV) > 2 else "Clip"
+os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(OUT)), exist_ok=True)
+
+
+def wipe():
+    for o in list(bpy.data.objects):
+        bpy.data.objects.remove(o, do_unlink=True)
+    for coll in (bpy.data.meshes, bpy.data.materials, bpy.data.images, bpy.data.armatures, bpy.data.actions):
+        for d in list(coll):
+            if d.users == 0:
+                coll.remove(d)
+
+
+# ── stage 2: pure-python glTF mesh-strip (keep skeleton + dangling skin + animation) ──────────────
+def read_glb(p):
+    d = open(p, "rb").read()
+    off = 12; js = None; binblob = b""
+    while off < len(d):
+        clen, ctype = struct.unpack("<II", d[off:off + 8]); off += 8
+        chunk = d[off:off + clen]; off += clen
+        if ctype == 0x4E4F534A: js = json.loads(chunk)
+        elif ctype == 0x004E4942: binblob = chunk
+    return js, binblob
+
+
+def write_glb(js, binblob, out):
+    jb = json.dumps(js, separators=(",", ":")).encode()
+    jb += b" " * ((4 - len(jb) % 4) % 4)
+    bb = binblob + b"\x00" * ((4 - len(binblob) % 4) % 4)
+    total = 12 + 8 + len(jb) + 8 + len(bb)
+    with open(out, "wb") as f:
+        f.write(b"glTF"); f.write(struct.pack("<II", 2, total))
+        f.write(struct.pack("<II", len(jb), 0x4E4F534A)); f.write(jb)
+        f.write(struct.pack("<II", len(bb), 0x004E4942)); f.write(bb)
+
+
+def strip_mesh(inpath, outpath):
+    js, binblob = read_glb(inpath)
+    keep = set()                                   # accessors to retain: skin IBMs + all anim I/O
+    for sk in js.get("skins", []):
+        if "inverseBindMatrices" in sk:
+            keep.add(sk["inverseBindMatrices"])
+    for an in js.get("animations", []):
+        for s in an["samplers"]:
+            keep.add(s["input"]); keep.add(s["output"])
+    mesh_nodes = {i for i, n in enumerate(js["nodes"]) if "mesh" in n}
+    js.pop("meshes", None)                          # drop mesh defs; skins[] stay (become dangling)
+    for n in js["nodes"]:
+        n.pop("mesh", None); n.pop("skin", None)
+    # orphan the former-mesh nodes from the scene graph (leave them in the array so node indices —
+    # skin.joints, animation channel targets — stay valid; three.js ignores unreachable nodes)
+    for sc in js.get("scenes", []):
+        if "nodes" in sc:
+            sc["nodes"] = [x for x in sc["nodes"] if x not in mesh_nodes]
+    for n in js["nodes"]:
+        if "children" in n:
+            n["children"] = [x for x in n["children"] if x not in mesh_nodes]
+            if not n["children"]:
+                n.pop("children")
+    # re-index accessors → keep only the retained set
+    old_acc = js["accessors"]
+    keep_sorted = sorted(keep)
+    accmap = {old: i for i, old in enumerate(keep_sorted)}
+    js["accessors"] = [old_acc[i] for i in keep_sorted]
+    # keep bufferViews referenced by retained accessors; compact the binary
+    bv_keep = sorted({old_acc[i]["bufferView"] for i in keep_sorted if "bufferView" in old_acc[i]})
+    bvmap = {old: i for i, old in enumerate(bv_keep)}
+    old_bv = js["bufferViews"]
+    newbin = bytearray(); newbvs = []
+    for old in bv_keep:
+        bv = dict(old_bv[old]); start = bv.get("byteOffset", 0); length = bv["byteLength"]
+        pad = (4 - len(newbin) % 4) % 4; newbin += b"\x00" * pad
+        bv["byteOffset"] = len(newbin); newbin += binblob[start:start + length]
+        newbvs.append(bv)
+    js["bufferViews"] = newbvs
+    for a in js["accessors"]:
+        if "bufferView" in a:
+            a["bufferView"] = bvmap[a["bufferView"]]
+    for sk in js.get("skins", []):
+        if "inverseBindMatrices" in sk:
+            sk["inverseBindMatrices"] = accmap[sk["inverseBindMatrices"]]
+    for an in js.get("animations", []):
+        for s in an["samplers"]:
+            s["input"] = accmap[s["input"]]; s["output"] = accmap[s["output"]]
+    js["buffers"] = [{"byteLength": len(newbin)}]
+    write_glb(js, bytes(newbin), outpath)
+    return js
+
+
+def main():
+    wipe()
+    bpy.ops.import_scene.fbx(filepath=FBX)
+    arms = [o for o in bpy.data.objects if o.type == "ARMATURE"]
+    if not arms:
+        raise SystemExit("no armature in FBX")
+    arm = arms[0]
+    n_mesh = len([o for o in bpy.data.objects if o.type == "MESH"])
+    if arm.animation_data and arm.animation_data.action:
+        arm.animation_data.action.name = CLIP
+    bones = [b.name for b in arm.data.bones]
+    mixamo = [b for b in bones if b.startswith("mixamorig")]
+    bpy.ops.object.select_all(action="SELECT")     # armature + mesh → Blender emits a skin
+    bpy.context.view_layer.objects.active = arm
+    tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".glb", delete=False).name
+    bpy.ops.export_scene.gltf(filepath=tmp, export_format="GLB", use_selection=True,
+                              export_animations=True, export_yup=True, export_skins=True)
+    js = strip_mesh(tmp, OUT)
+    os.unlink(tmp)
+    sz = os.path.getsize(OUT)
+    print(f"CLIP_DONE {os.path.basename(OUT)}  bones={len(bones)} (mixamorig {len(mixamo)})  "
+          f"mesh_stripped={n_mesh}  meshes_out={len(js.get('meshes', []))}  skins_out={len(js.get('skins', []))}  "
+          f"nodes={len(js['nodes'])}  anims={len(js.get('animations', []))}  {sz // 1024}KB")
+
+
+main()
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