{"n": 1, "attempt": "atlas v1: V0, V45, V90 + heads, K=0.40", "looked_at": "proof/atlas_v1.png", "saw": "reads as a shepherd in profile; rear views tall stalks; lying 3/4 reads as sitting up; hind legs zigzag when lying; tail a stiff club; paws like skates", "changed": "K 0.40→0.25, redrew V45/V90 around projected landmarks, tail mapping and widths, smaller paws, pose-dependent IK joint choice"}
{"n": 2, "attempt": "atlas v2", "looked_at": "proof/atlas_v2.png", "saw": "better proportions; neck a thin stalk with an un-inked wedge; rear saddle too dark and wide", "changed": "neck its own layer behind the torso, wider; narrower rear saddle; smooth leg outlines"}
{"n": 3, "attempt": "first scene probes (stage, person, door, dog at S=190)", "looked_at": "6 frames + dog crops", "saw": "scene legible; dog small; refusal turn reads; lying V135 tail goes below floor", "changed": "S 190→225, tail clamped to ground, neck shorter"}
{"n": 4, "attempt": "refusal turn frame by frame (80–100)", "looked_at": "every frame", "saw": "head leads, body follows, every frame a dog; V45 with the H90 head looks like a small owl", "changed": "head passes 90 in under a frame (keys 45→135)"}
{"n": 5, "attempt": "full render v1, contact sheet every 0.5 s", "looked_at": "64 frames", "saw": "end: V90 lying reads as a dog sitting in the doorway, washed out by the warm light", "changed": "end pose V45 lying diagonally across the sill; mapping x−0.39; dog steps to 0.32 m from the wall; warm light 0.55→0.24; lamp redrawn"}
{"n": 6, "attempt": "turn-back frames 176–208 and end frames", "looked_at": "every second frame", "saw": "head comes round over the shoulder by 7.64, rises, body follows; folded hind leg in lying reads as a raised knee", "changed": "lying hind leg substituted by a haunch drawing; far haunch behind the torso; warm light 0.14; cast shadow fades near the door"}
{"n": 7, "attempt": "trace + checker", "looked_at": "invariants.json, identity_loop.json", "saw": "I2 failed (end x 0.517); torso centroid jumps 10–20 px at swaps (legs occlude torso pixels)", "changed": "body anchored on torso area centroid in every view; trace measures a torso-only mask → ALL OK, N1 1.4 px"}
{"n": 8, "attempt": "still at 3.6 s", "looked_at": "frame 86", "saw": "body still V45, back not yet shown", "changed": "refusal turn ~0.08 s earlier: V90 at 3.58"}
{"n": 9, "attempt": "sound v1", "looked_at": "spectrograms (I cannot listen), proof/sound_levels.json", "saw": "voiced harmonics present, noisy consonants; soft lines 13.4 dB below calls, 18.1 dB above room tone; 46 footfalls", "changed": "nothing; unknown whether intelligible, so the words are subtitled"}
{"n": 10, "attempt": "film.mp4 extracted frames (22) incl. cards", "looked_at": "contact sheet from the encoded film", "saw": "title ran off the card; end card overclaimed lying versions", "changed": "title 50 px; end-card text corrected; rebuilt; checker ALL OK; 3.1 MB"}
{"n": 11, "attempt": "critic round 1 (independent): DOES NOT PASS", "looked_at": "reviews/round1.md", "saw": "blocking: rear head floats on unfilled neck 26.6-28.4; stray strokes; sill reads as 2D overlap; person cropped; hind leg tangles 4.4, 7.7-8.0; hip seam 23.4", "changed": "nothing yet; reproduced each defect in frames 36, 88, 186, 190, 620, 660"}
{"n": 12, "attempt": "round 2: neck and tail as closed filled paths; flat ears laid back; far-side legs behind torso; haunch from lie 0.32; legs over the body use the torso gradient with no inner outline; dog to 0.13 m from wall at the end; person to u=-0.92", "looked_at": "every frame 26.4-28.6 (634-687), zooms at 1.25-2.08, 3.67, 4.4, 7.71-8.0, 23.4, 26.2, person at 6.0/8.3/23.4", "saw": "rear head joined through a filled neck in every frame; no antenna strokes; forepaws at the sill board, head inside the jambs, tail outside; no leg scribble; neck reads as a rounded ruff behind a sideways head (weak but solid)", "changed": "added N4 neck-attachment measurement (0 background samples in all frames; neck base 0.7 px range in 26.6-28.4); checker ALL OK"}