diff --git a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md
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--- a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md
+++ b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/THE-RULES.md
@@ -223,3 +223,6 @@ ripeness (§29) already answered: later.
 
 And when someone says shipping-now is the only way — §37b applies.
 There is always a third way, and it starts with doing it right.
+
+Ratified in four words: "Fuck it if that's the cost."
+Whatever "going first" was worth — the answer stands.