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@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ Money shot: the crate panel with real finds (the collection IS the alpha's face)
 verdict in the message), push main + tag. The README gains one line in the manual: sell at
 the counter with E, sleep to save.
 
+## ROUND CLOSED (Fable) — **v7.0-alpha TAGGED AND PUSHED** (`2491f1c`)
+
+Wave 0: Fable played the loop end to end — dig $10 → sell $5 (the spread felt) → keep a $12
+NM soul record → THE CRATE → full reload → **the town remembered** → SLEEP → day 2. Verdict:
+**the loop plays.** The playtest found the alpha-blocker every green gate had missed: **the
+dig was default-OFF on a plain boot** (v2-era opt-in, six epochs past the README's claim; every
+R30 gate booted `dig=1` explicitly — harness lesson #4, THE EXPLICIT-FLAG BLINDFOLD: a gate
+that boots its own flags cannot see a broken default). Waves 1+2: the flip (classic-safe,
+fenced with a naked-boot reachability assert + negative control), the de-staled splash, the
+money shot (Monster Robot's real crate, 3 real finds), qa 7/0/0 + MATRIX 10 towns on
+port-isolated servers (a second fix the round forced: the suite no longer silently reuses
+whatever holds :8130). **The beta queue is filed in LANE_F_NOTES §31.6** — spawn-faces-the-
+strip, crate-at-the-counter, dawn sky, THE BIBLE, per-day scarcity. The beta charters on
+John's own playtest whenever he walks the strip.
+
 ## Standing
 
 - **John — the alpha's real acceptance is you:** play it (locally now, or grant the VPS ssh