Choosing a mind inside the valley

Native acceptance at 00:44–00:46 Zurich on 15 October 2026, build unity-source-111a98a127f0-20261014224100, Metal / Unity 6000.3.26f1 / URP. The actual Models panel displays Qwen3.5-2B Connected · vision ready and Gemma 4 E2B Use for residents. The native macOS chooser cancelled cleanly, imported the reviewed example ZIP, and Enter saved its assignment. Catalog looks increased 4 to 5; residents stayed 4 and paused. Imported Moss rendered magenta; the game owner is repairing this failure. The original appearance was restored. Private SQLite comparisons confirm unchanged simulation time and resident fields except intended provider/version counters. Six stages were captured; three approved (Models, failure, original restored); cancel/import/apply modal frames remain private because resident dialogue appeared behind them. OS chooser inspection is separate from Unity frames. No new Python tests or performance acceptance are claimed. See docs/local-first-refinement.md. Next: repeat imported-look rendering on the repaired player. Resolution recorded 15 October 2026: the game owner fixed shader inclusion. Approved native capture 20261014T224918747849-6837fe582d88 (22:49:18 UTC, build unity-source-0e3e447fb16e-20261014224727) shows imported Moss with correct materials after an authenticated API assignment; the chooser flow above belongs to the preceding build. Original Moss was restored. Final-build capture 20261014T225133619142-83ae76230c8f (22:51:33 UTC, unity-source-1df4bdc305ac-20261014225033) verifies curated capture filtering. Both 1920×1080 images and sidecars were independently inspected by model support after approval by the game owner. The original failure/restoration evidence remains intact. Details: docs/character-library.md.