I type:
FORMAL RESEARCH ETHICS COMPLAINT – DRAFT
Just seeing the words on the screen makes my heart pound. It feels bigger than an academic document. It feels like engraving something into myself.
“I’m not submitting it yet,” I say, not really to him, more to the room. “I need to draft, gather everything, and consult policies so I don’t give them easy loopholes. But I need to start.”
“Start is important,” he says.
I list bullet points. Minimal words, just anchors. I don’t need full sentences yet, just the skeleton.
Evidence of independent framework development (notes, timestamps)
Grant proposal (January) – original scaffolding
On-site evolution at Second Chance (June onward)
Meeting dates with Blackwell (advisory sessions)
Electronic correspondence
Blackwell’s paper submission & revision dates (March–May)
Language overlap (phrasing, structure, trajectory)
Primary source testimony (Flavius – eidetic memory recall)
