This document does not explain the reasoning engine.
It organizes when judgment expands and when it must stop
as judgment passes through time, repetition, accumulation, and self-reference.
It does not generate judgments.
It does not force conclusions.
It addresses only the termination conditions of reasoning and the points at which responsibility intervenes.
Reasoning is not a single event,
but a process that unfolds over time.
The same problem may reappear repeatedly,
and reasoning outcomes may accumulate.
All reasoning carries the potential for expansion,