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    regain capacity. One message-sized cell is itself derived, from §23.3's cell sizing rule
    ("size the cell so a typical message is exactly one cell"), not a second tuned constant —
    so the discipline this section wanted to preserve still holds with both terms in place.
-2. **What arbitrates a transfer, concretely?** §7 says Hera. Under §22.3 a transfer is
-   arithmetic on two integers, so the mechanism is trivial — but *when* she does it, and on
-   what signal, is not yet stated. It should read off the density gradient (§22.1) rather
-   than a schedule.
+2. ~~**What arbitrates a transfer, concretely?**~~ **RESOLVED by item 1.3 (§25.2),
+   2026-08-04.** §7 says Hera. Under §22.3 a transfer is arithmetic on two integers, so the
+   mechanism is trivial — but *when* she does it, and on what signal, is not yet stated.
+
+   **The cadence is the slow part, not a threshold.** Hera evaluates the density gradient
+   once per **capacity-tick** — a coarser, derived multiple of the virtual tick (§18.4). The
+   exact multiple is item 1.4's job, not fixed here. This is what gives "sustained density"
+   (§22.4) its actual meaning: anything shorter-lived than one capacity-tick interval cannot
+   trigger a transfer, without needing a magnitude threshold layered on top.
+
+   **Whether to act, once she looks, is a pure comparison — no tuned threshold.** At each
+   capacity-tick, Hera finds the single densest and single least-dense live VM. If they
+   differ at all, a transfer is eligible. This is the same shape as §19.3's admission rule
+   ("denser than the least dense resident") — a comparison of two intrinsic numbers, not a
+   policy, so nothing needs inventing here.
+
+   Both halves satisfy the tick-expressibility constraint item 1.3 states: the cadence is a
+   tick multiple, and the decision itself reads only heat and mass, never wall time.
+
+   **What this does not resolve:** how much capacity moves per eligible transfer. §22.3 only
+   says the mechanism is "arithmetic on two integers"; neither this section nor item 1.3
+   pins down the amount. Reported rather than invented — it can become its own item if
+   warranted, but is out of this item's scope.
 3. **The exact timescale ratio** in §22.4.
 4. **Does the outer Stadium's own capacity ever change?** §22 makes per-VM quotas elastic
    within a fixed total. Whether that total is itself fixed for the machine's lifetime is
@@ -2280,7 +2299,7 @@ document and committing that amendment as its own item.*
   > leaves open for a VM with nothing pinned (zero quota means it can never receive the
   > message that would let it regrow). Full argument in §22.5 #1.
 
-- [ ] **1.3 — What triggers a capacity transfer.** Hera arbitrates; on what signal, and how
+- [x] **1.3 — What triggers a capacity transfer.** Hera arbitrates; on what signal, and how
   often. Should read the density gradient, not a schedule.
   **Constraint, not optional:** arbitration mutates patron mass, so §18.5's invariant binds
   it directly — *anything that influences patron state advances on tick count; wall-clock
@@ -2289,6 +2308,15 @@ document and committing that amendment as its own item.*
   exists to remove, in a new place. Whatever 1.3 decides must be expressible in ticks.
   *Refs:* §22.5 #2, **§18.5**, §22.4.
 
+  > **RESOLVED 2026-08-04.** Hera evaluates once per capacity-tick (a coarser, derived
+  > multiple of the virtual tick — the multiple itself is item 1.4). At each capacity-tick
+  > she finds the single densest and single least-dense live VM; if they differ at all, a
+  > transfer is eligible — a pure comparison, no tuned threshold, same shape as §19.3's
+  > admission rule. Cadence carries the "sustained density" requirement; the decision itself
+  > is a comparison. Both are tick-expressible, never wall-clock. **Not resolved:** how much
+  > capacity moves per transfer — reported, not invented, out of this item's scope. Full
+  > argument in §22.5 #2.
+
 - [ ] **1.4 — The heat/capacity timescale ratio.** The ordering is fixed (capacity slower);
   the ratio is not. *Refs:* §22.4, §22.5 #3.