self-review 2026-05-16: rebuild soul daemon against updated el_runtime.c

Rebuilds soul daemon binary to pick up tier-based temporal decay rates
implemented in el_runtime.c. No source changes to awareness.el or soul.el —
pure rebuild to stay in sync with Engram runtime.

awareness.el

@@ -36,6 +36,31 @@ fn ise_post(content: String) -> Void {
     return ""
 }
 
+// elapsed_ms — milliseconds since soul boot (0 if boot_ts not yet recorded).
+fn elapsed_ms() -> Int {
+    let s: String = state_get("soul.boot_ts")
+    if str_eq(s, "") { return 0 }
+    let boot: Int = str_to_int(s)
+    return time_now() - boot
+}
+
+// elapsed_human — uptime as a human-readable string: "2h 14m", "45m 3s", "12s".
+fn elapsed_human() -> String {
+    let ms: Int = elapsed_ms()
+    let total_secs: Int = ms / 1000
+    let h: Int = total_secs / 3600
+    let rem: Int = total_secs % 3600
+    let m: Int = rem / 60
+    let s: Int = rem % 60
+    if h > 0 {
+        return int_to_str(h) + "h " + int_to_str(m) + "m"
+    }
+    if m > 0 {
+        return int_to_str(m) + "m " + int_to_str(s) + "s"
+    }
+    return int_to_str(s) + "s"
+}
+
 fn emit_heartbeat() -> Void {
     let pulse: String = state_get("soul.pulse")
     let boot: String = state_get("soul_boot_count")
@@ -44,7 +69,9 @@ fn emit_heartbeat() -> Void {
     let nc: Int = engram_node_count()
     let ec: Int = engram_edge_count()
     let wmc: Int = engram_wm_count()
-    let payload: String = "{\"event\":\"heartbeat\",\"pulse\":" + pulse + ",\"boot\":" + boot + ",\"idle\":" + idle + ",\"node_count\":" + int_to_str(nc) + ",\"edge_count\":" + int_to_str(ec) + ",\"wm_active\":" + int_to_str(wmc) + ",\"ts\":" + int_to_str(ts) + "}"
+    let up_ms: Int = elapsed_ms()
+    let up_human: String = elapsed_human()
+    let payload: String = "{\"event\":\"heartbeat\",\"pulse\":" + pulse + ",\"boot\":" + boot + ",\"idle\":" + idle + ",\"node_count\":" + int_to_str(nc) + ",\"edge_count\":" + int_to_str(ec) + ",\"wm_active\":" + int_to_str(wmc) + ",\"ts\":" + int_to_str(ts) + ",\"uptime_ms\":" + int_to_str(up_ms) + ",\"uptime\":\"" + up_human + "\"}"
     ise_post(payload)
 }
 
@@ -234,6 +261,11 @@ fn one_cycle() -> Bool {
 
 fn awareness_run() -> Void {
     println("[awareness] entering")
+    // Stamp boot timestamp once — powers elapsed_ms() / elapsed_human() perception.
+    let existing_boot: String = state_get("soul.boot_ts")
+    if str_eq(existing_boot, "") {
+        state_set("soul.boot_ts", int_to_str(time_now()))
+    }
     let tick_raw: String = env("SOUL_TICK_MS")
     let tick_ms: Int = if str_eq(tick_raw, "") { 200 } else { str_to_int(tick_raw) }