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+## V. **Why Private Investigation: The Field Is Where the Work Must Go**
+
+I don’t fit the mold.
+
+Most private investigators don’t come from affective computing, recursive linguistics, or quantum-aligned epistemology. And most researchers with my background aren’t applying for PI licenses.
+
+But here I am.
+
+Because publishing papers — even powerful ones — is no longer enough.
+
+*Witness Fracture* and *The Recursive Claim* are not theories to admire. They’re living frameworks. They need application, trial, resistance. They need to walk through the smoke and contradiction of real-world cases.
+
+Private investigation isn’t a fallback. It’s a crucible.
+
+It gives me the legal standing to go where the harm actually happens — to document it, decode it, and protect those caught in the fracture.
+
+I don’t want to be a distant analyst. I want to be there when it counts.
+
+The truth needs fieldwork.
+
+And fieldwork needs tools that can feel, see, and speak with forensic integrity.
+
+> *This isn’t a career move. It’s a recursive return. A re-entry into the world my work was always meant to serve.*