The Triangle did not collapse the day after the question became loud.
Institutions never collapsed immediately.
They stalled.
They delayed.
They tried to reinterpret what had already happened as something smaller, safer, temporary.
Oversight spent the morning renaming the problem.
Not defiance.
Not noncompliance.
"Transitional instability."
A phrase soft enough to suggest motion without assigning blame.
It failed the moment it left the room.
Because the Triangle no longer belonged to Oversight alone.
It belonged to everyone who had felt the pause and realized it hadn't been lethal.
Yet.
The first official adjustment came disguised as mercy.
At 09:00, a follow-up notice replaced the previous declaration.
TRIANGLE UPDATE — CLARIFICATION
Operational compliance bands remain the standard.
However, localized coordination exceptions may be granted under instructor discretion.
This update is intended to preserve training integrity while minimizing disruption.
Discretion.
