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 ### Purpose: Scenario teaching wartime seizure, prize rights, neutral status claims, state versus private ownership, mixed identities, maritime asset value, and the legal power to classify persons and property.
 ### Repository Path: docs/scenarios/DIALOGUE-LAW-0004.md
 
+## 0. Framing Note
+
+This dialogue models historical legal processes as they functioned in practice.
+It does not endorse coercion, inequality, or harm.
+It presents how participants operate within existing structures.
+
+
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 ## 0. Design Intent
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 | Choice | Background |
 |---|---|
 | Follow Varro to sort security risk, truth, and hidden crew. | Former Legionary |
-| Follow Felix to exploit delay, auction pressure, and hull value. | Freedman Trader |
+| Follow Felix to act upon delay, auction pressure, and hull value. | Freedman Trader |
 | Follow Lentulus to manage diplomacy, optics, and noble influence. | Noble Younger Son |
 | Follow Crispus to classify persons, claims, and lawful custody. | Failed Magistrate |
 | Follow Secundus to assess ship value, quarantine, and provisioning. | Camp Logistician |