# Study 000G Audit

## Structural Audit

This package is structurally sound.

It includes:

- hypothesis-focused outputs
- figures
- manuscript/report set
- build script
- manifest

## Scientific Audit

Study `000G` asks:

`Is cadence the preserved control variable, and can preserved cadence fail to fully protect internal burden?`

The answer is:

`Yes, supported.`

Why:

- later specialized outside-context probes were directionally unanimous for cadence-up and stride-down
- paired and speed-band methods agreed
- burden remained positive in the later outside-context set
- the April 2026 boundary probe showed the same preserved-cadence pattern without the same burden magnitude

## Boundaries

- This is still an observational mechanism study.
- It does not prove cadence preservation is consciously strategic or biologically causal.
- It does not prove stride suppression is itself the direct burden source.
- It does support cadence protection as one mechanism helping maintain expression inside the broader operating-envelope framework.