16 rounds where the human pushed back against sycophantic drift across 208 session decisions. Mapped from the actual decision record, not reconstructed from memory. Key finding: human won every round by being honest when the model couldn't be.

The engineering work IS the prospective regulation, not post-hoc analysis of it. The governance systems map onto distributed cognition research in ways I didn't plan. Hutchins' foundational work was literally a study of naval navigation.

Three-stage clinical psychology analysis of the reflective functioning that enabled each pushback moment. Initial assessment: RF 6-7. Recalibrated to RF 6-9 after disclosure of 20 years meditation practice including 15 Zen sesshin. Three peaks at RF 8-9.