> **THE READING PLAQUE.** *The Price of a Lock*, draft 0.2 — made readable on the SX
> surface by its covering persona's reading grant; **a draft, not the published form**
> (publication, if ever, is the pipeline's own separate act). Covering: **starl3n** ·
> endorsing: **Link Digital** · the construct intent sealed 2026-08-01, after drafting
> and before this grant, per the §4h precondition. The grant: the operator's word,
> 2026-08-01 — "seal and go with grants to read for all four items" (sxexp-constructs
> §4h, the reading grant). Source of record:
> `ooi_network/docs/the-price-of-a-lock-essay.md` (draft 0.1 landed `9931de5` on the
> operator's verdict 2026-07-30; draft 0.2 `72e6ecc`, the reference apparatus appended
> on his direction); this copy is minted without the source's status and
> classification lines by the grant act, its body otherwise verbatim; its sha256 is
> pinned in the reading register. Reading is free; the way across is a statement of
> intent (`/sx/matters`).