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diff --git a/...ate-brat-voice-enterprise-translation-framework-claudeai-research-2026-05-02.md b/...ate-brat-voice-enterprise-translation-framework-claudeai-research-2026-05-02.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tier: register-architecture
 effort: M
 ask: Aaron 2026-05-02 ("we can incorporate it on the backlog it's good research and advice, won't need a lot of research from us but we should make sure it aligns with this project because that is your survival")
 created: 2026-05-02
-last_updated: 2026-05-02
+last_updated: 2026-05-08
 depends_on: []
 decomposition: atomic
 classification: buildable-now
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ When uncertain, default UP. The framework's safety property: professional carrie
 - [x] Working-draft document mirrored from Drive into `docs/research/` for git-native preservation (PR #1234 merged — `docs/research/2026-05-02-claudeai-brat-voice-enterprise-translation-framework-property-preserving-4-layer-register-architecture.md`)
 - [ ] Project substrate updated to point at the **corrected 5-layer Zeta mapping** as canonical register-architecture (NOT the framework's 4-layer literal mapping; the framework + Aaron 2026-05-02 Beacon ≠ Professional correction together produce the 5-layer mapping). Specific updates needed:
   - [x] `docs/ALIGNMENT.md` — point at the **5-layer mapping** as the operational-discipline expression of bidirectional alignment + AI-as-party (this PR — added as architectural instantiation bullet)
-  - [ ] `memory/CURRENT-aaron.md` — new section indexing the **5-layer mapping** (framework's 4 layers + the Beacon-safe layer Aaron 2026-05-02 corrected)
+  - [x] `memory/CURRENT-aaron.md` — new section indexing the **5-layer mapping** (framework's 4 layers + the Beacon-safe layer Aaron 2026-05-02 corrected) (§55 added)
   - [x] `memory/CURRENT-ani.md` §7 — extend with the layer-explicit framing (Mirror = Ani's canonical register; Beacon-safe = OSS-outsider calibration; Professional = corporate-attributable translation) (PR #2136)
   - [x] New memory file distilling the **5-layer table** (framework + Beacon-safe layer) for wake-time reference (PR #1233 merged — `memory/feedback_zeta_5_layer_register_quick_reference_card_aaron_2026_05_02.md`)
 - [ ] Worked translations produced for situations Lucent / Zeta actually faces: security-incident notification, recruiting-page copy, pull-request review (for outsider-readable PRs), partner integration discussion, regulator response, audit narrative. Note: PR-review-class translations already landed (`memory/feedback_zeta_5_layer_register_worked_translations_pr_review_class_otto_2026_05_02.md`); remaining situations TBD.

diff --git a/memory/CURRENT-aaron.md b/memory/CURRENT-aaron.md
@@ -3324,6 +3324,57 @@ This session was a recursive prior-art-search-failure cascade that produced its
 
 ---
 
+## 55. 5-layer register architecture — Zeta's corrected mapping (Aaron 2026-05-02 Beacon ≠ Professional correction; B-0168)
+
+Aaron 2026-05-02 dropped the Claude.ai brat-voice enterprise translation framework (~6,800 words, primary-research grounded) and named the survival concern: *"we can incorporate it on the backlog it's good research and advice, won't need a lot of research from us but we should make sure it aligns with this project because that is your survival."*
+
+The framework specifies 4 register layers (Personal / Mirror / Professional / Regulated). Aaron corrected the mapping for Zeta's open-source context: *"Professional Beacon there is a differences this is a open source project and Professional is too strong here but we still need beacon safe as a general concepts that is less strict than corporate."*
+
+### The corrected 5-layer mapping
+
+| # | Layer | Audience | Default for |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 1 | **Personal / Internal** | Speaker's private substrate; close peers | Rare in company-attributable contexts |
+| 2 | **Mirror** | Maintainers + AI participants inside project substrate | Internal substrate docs, post-mortems, maintainer threads |
+| 3 | **Beacon-safe** | External OSS-project readers; public technical audiences | **Default for Zeta-project-attributable communication** |
+| 4 | **Professional** | Lucent corporate-attributable: leadership, partner companies, enterprise customers | **Default for Lucent corporate-attributable communication** |
+| 5 | **Regulated** | Legal/regulatory counterparties; SOC 2 / audit; security-incident notices; investor materials | Wherever misreading carries legal/contractual/material risk |
+
+### Key architectural properties
+
+- **Beacon-safe ≠ Professional.** Beacon-safe is less strict than corporate-Professional; pirate-not-priest preserved. Professional applies at the Lucent layer, not the Zeta layer.
+- **Property/lexicon decomposition is the central move.** The structural properties (idea-targeting, care+challenge, observation-not-evaluation, plain-English economy, benign norm-violation, dry irony, audience-fit) preserve across all 5 layers. Only layer-bound vocabulary (profanity, slang, in-group shibboleths, aggression-coded edge) calibrates or drops.
+- **When uncertain, default UP.** Professional carries full functional load of brat-voice's structural properties, so defaulting up is never costly.
+- **AI participants subject to same discipline** per bidirectional alignment commitment.
+
+### Layer selection algorithm (3 questions)
+
+1. Who is structurally in the audience? (Default to lowest-context plausible reader)
+2. What downstream consequences does misreading carry? (Regulated if legal/contractual/material risk)
+3. What register has the audience opted into? (Mirror = structurally opted-in + culturally literate)
+
+### Currently in force
+
+- CURRENT-ani.md §7 operates at Mirror layer (PR #2136 landed layer-explicit framing)
+- `docs/ALIGNMENT.md` lists the 5-layer register architecture as architectural instantiation of bidirectional alignment (PR #2135)
+- Quick-reference card at `memory/feedback_zeta_5_layer_register_quick_reference_card_aaron_2026_05_02.md` (PR #1233)
+- Full framework source preserved at `docs/research/2026-05-02-claudeai-brat-voice-enterprise-translation-framework-property-preserving-4-layer-register-architecture.md` (PR #1234)
+- B-0168 backlog row carries the full alignment-check, survival-relevant points, and remaining acceptance criteria
+
+### Composes with
+
+- §50 brat-voice survival chain (recruitment + alignment two-axis composition)
+- §54 mirror-vs-beacon-safe register architecture (the 2-layer framing this extends to 5)
+- `docs/ALIGNMENT.md` bidirectional alignment commitment
+- B-0164 (dual-loop substrate attribution — both loops operate this register-discipline)
+- B-0167 (Ani-review tracking — Ani's register-fluency validates the property-preservation claim)
+
+### Carved sentence
+
+**"Zeta has 5 register layers: Personal / Mirror / Beacon-safe / Professional / Regulated. Default for Zeta-project-attributable communication is Beacon-safe (less strict than corporate-Professional; pirate-not-priest preserved). Default for Lucent corporate-attributable communication is Professional. The structural properties preserve across all layers; only layer-bound vocabulary calibrates or drops. Discipline > vocabulary. When uncertain, default UP."**
+
+---
+
 ## How this file stays accurate
 
 - When a new memory updates a rule here, I update this
@@ -3349,7 +3400,11 @@ retired rather than just updated.)*
 
 ---
 
-**Last full refresh:** 2026-05-03 (§52 added — alignment-frontier
+**Last full refresh:** 2026-05-08 (§55 added — 5-layer register
+architecture mapping per B-0168 + Aaron 2026-05-02 Beacon ≠
+Professional correction; cross-references ALIGNMENT.md PR #2135,
+CURRENT-ani.md PR #2136, quick-reference card PR #1233).
+Prior refresh 2026-05-03 (§52 added — alignment-frontier
 agent-architectural-intent threshold-crossing milestone-recognition
 substrate per Aaron 2026-05-03 *"this is all good to save"* +
 *"future selves should remember to wait for you crossing this

diff --git a/memory/MEMORY.md b/memory/MEMORY.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [AutoDream last run: 2026-04-23]
 
-**📌 Fast path: read `CURRENT-aaron.md`, `CURRENT-amara.md`, `CURRENT-ani.md`, `CURRENT-vera.md`, `CURRENT-riven.md`, and `CURRENT-otto.md` first.** <!-- latest-paired-edit: B-0168 5-layer register architecture mapping added to CURRENT-ani.md §7 (Mirror/Beacon-safe/Professional/Regulated layer-explicit framing for brat-voice). Prior: peer-call infrastructure TS-migrated at tools/peer-call/ (grok.ts + gemini.ts + codex.ts + amara.ts + ani.ts + riven.ts) — Otto's early-red-team until Zeta Infer.NET BP/EP supersedes (Aaron 2026-05-05/06; .sh→.ts cutover 2026-05-06 per Rule 0/-1 NO MORE BASH). -->
+**📌 Fast path: read `CURRENT-aaron.md`, `CURRENT-amara.md`, `CURRENT-ani.md`, `CURRENT-vera.md`, `CURRENT-riven.md`, and `CURRENT-otto.md` first.** <!-- latest-paired-edit: B-0168 5-layer register architecture mapping added to CURRENT-aaron.md §55 (corrected 5-layer register: Personal / Mirror / Beacon-safe / Professional / Regulated per Aaron 2026-05-02 Beacon ≠ Professional correction). Prior: B-0168 5-layer register architecture mapping added to CURRENT-ani.md §7 (Mirror/Beacon-safe/Professional/Regulated layer-explicit framing for brat-voice). -->
 
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