Head-start for the next slice: the fix for the slot-0 collapse is running label_125bd via the scene-coroutine framework. 0x7b=yield-save, 0x7c=resume, 0x140=LABEL (target TBD), G[0xaba5c] gate. Plus the revealed magic-circle-persists-across-transition issue. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>