Asher observed how that understanding propagated. Not through directives, but through example. New members learned by reading records, not by hearing warnings. They adopted habits because those habits were normal, not because they were enforced.
That kind of continuity was rare.
He followed one onboarding cycle from start to finish. The materials were clear. The expectations explicit. No hidden thresholds. No unwritten rules passed quietly between veterans. Everything that mattered was written down.
The new members made mistakes.
They corrected them.
They moved forward.
No one shielded them.
No one singled them out.
The system absorbed them without distortion.
Asher moved on.
He checked how incentives aligned. What was rewarded. What was ignored. What quietly cost effort without recognition. Misaligned incentives fractured systems faster than malice ever did.
Here, alignment held.
