The Scab Condition
The scab does not heal the wound. It holds the condition under which healing occurs.
When skin is damaged, the body initiates a structured healing sequence. The scab is not random. It is boundary integrity B(t) instantiated in tissue. Its purpose is not to repair the wound directly. Its purpose is to hold the condition under which repair becomes possible.
Beneath the scab, Kₐᵤₜₒ activates. Cellular self-cleaning runs. Damaged proteins are cleared. New tissue forms. The correction loop operates without instruction or interference. The scab releases when Φ(x) → Kₐᵤₜₒ — when correction is complete. Not before. Not by force.
Remove the scab early and the sequence resets. Boundary fails. Load rises. Kₐᵤₜₒ suppresses. The wound is not defective. The completion was interrupted.
Every person who has ever had a wound has observed the governing condition operating. They simply did not have the name for what was happening.
Σ ↓ ∧ B(t) holds ⇒ Kₐᵤₜₒ ↑ ⇒ Φ(x) → 0