The empty body outline filled from the feet upward.
Black webbing formed first, followed by legs, tail, breast, flippers, and a longer wake keel. The shape remained unmistakably penguin. It gained no upright posture, hands, shoulders, or human face.
[EMPEROR MOLT OFFER ASSEMBLY]
[Source:circulation proofs3/3]
[Source:anatomy proofs4/4]
[Recorded-body material0]
[Adverse Witness ownership0 | activation authority0]
[Hidden behavioral tariff0]
[Offer decision locked until disclosure complete]
Jiang sat before the outline while five columns rose beside it.
The first column measured the body.
[BODY COLUMN1/5]
[Current:Abyssal Emperor Penguin I]
[Offered:Abyssal Emperor Penguin II, Emperor Molt]
[Native silhouette:penguin]
[Native hands0 retained]
[Body mass+18%]
[Breast depth+8% | wake-keel length+11%]
[Submerged propulsion+14%]
[Dive-pressure accumulation -12%]
[Outer-feather cold transfer -9%]
[Dry pivot radius0.39m->0.45m]
[Minimum rigid aperture0.30m->0.36m]
