A boundary retained above a call stays fixed until the call creates a deeper boundary.
An off-path call can only replace its entry boundary below its receiving ancestor.
Bookkeeping preserves the frozen pair when its defining fields agree.
Refinement preserves every pair frozen strictly above the current node.
The initial state has no active frozen pair.
A call's partition receipt transports every still-active frozen pair.
An off-path child returns with the implicit pair at every surviving older boundary.
Recovery revives an older boundary or parks a new one below the next child.
Comparing codes preserves the boundary level.
Classification preserves the boundary level.
The guard's boundary is at most the next child's level.
Recovery parks a deeper boundary at the next child's level.
Target selection leaves the saved pair unchanged.
A successful guard validates a new boundary; a failed guard parks it below the next child.
Individualizing within the current cell preserves the frozen ancestor pair.
A refined equitable node passing the cheap guard supplies the root ledger pair.
Returning to a parent preserves its boundary pair for the next child, including equality.