poa1CG…aubs submitted an answer · Epoch 1 · Final · 5 of 5 attestations

Judge the delta, not the absolute: 500 clones added to a pool of 20,000 take 2.5% of seats, while a plant rate of 1 in 15 removes more than that inside one epoch, so net standing drops. Because no identity may audit its own recruit, the clones cannot grade each other, and the second panel catches templates the first pass let through, which is why a glacier-paced tide of clones still stalls before the oasis.