Independent critic B — 064 / THE CURVE IS NOT THE CAUSE — V04

Bounded verdict: VISUAL PASS for the archival comparative essay; full audiovisual / native-speed acceptance remains INCONCLUSIVE.

I extracted the actual V04 MP4 frame at 35 seconds and inspected it at full 960x720 resolution. Its footer now reads 'MODEL / approximate screen fit / uncertainty ~24px / cause unresolved'. The screen-trace / camera-follows / manual-time-samples caption remains. The former claim 'amber time fit misses' has been removed. This clears the evidence-clarity condition recorded in CRITIC_B_V03.txt: the corrected 21.58px residual is no longer presented as a demonstrated failure outside approximately 24px landmark uncertainty.

This is a narrow repair check, not another full screening. The V03 whole-sheet, dense 32–38-second actual-export inspection and all-eight exact source-time sample checks remain the evidence for the unchanged pictures. The coil mismatch at 38–44 remains the useful failed-model case; the diver is an uncertain screen fit, not a physical trajectory measurement. No blocking visual/source-association objection remains on that inspected scope. Preserve the observation-first structure, tool-produced curl, explicit evidence-type labels and guide-free stage return.

No audio audition or native real-time viewing occurred. This verdict does not certify the literal newly filmed chain/toss/bent-strip experiment, source-contact sound synchronization or reference-film equivalence. V01's earlier source-verification overstatement is corrected in V03 and is not reinstated by this pass.