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| title = BOUNDARY BEFORE CONTRACT<br />
| type = Consent principle<br />
| status = Public canon<br />
| spoiler_level = Low<br />
| related = Boundary Protocol, Soul Contract, NOT CONTRACT YET, Living Consent<br />
}}<br />
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'''BOUNDARY BEFORE CONTRACT''' is an ANIMA consent principle: no bond, memory agreement, or continuity claim should begin before the host's boundaries are recognized.<br />
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It is one of the clearest public phrases for ANIMA's consent-first identity.<br />
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== Public Summary ==<br />
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BOUNDARY BEFORE CONTRACT means a relationship cannot become legitimate by skipping the line that makes consent meaningful.<br />
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In ANIMA, contract language is powerful because memory, companionship, and future continuity may all depend on it. But a contract without boundaries becomes pressure. A bond without refusal becomes ownership.<br />
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The principle is simple: define the boundary first, then decide whether a contract can exist.<br />
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== Canon Function ==<br />
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This phrase belongs near ANIMA's consent and contract vocabulary.<br />
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It can apply to:<br />
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* host-companion memory sharing,<br />
* Soul Contract formation,<br />
* access to private archives,<br />
* legacy or digital-continuity permissions,<br />
* and emergency decisions where urgency tries to bypass agency.<br />
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The term is safe for public wiki use because it explains an ethical rule rather than a plot outcome.<br />
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== Relationship To Soul Contract ==<br />
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[[Glossary:Soul_Contract|Soul Contract]] is meaningful only if the host can refuse, revise, and understand the terms.<br />
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BOUNDARY BEFORE CONTRACT protects that meaning. It prevents the story and the product from treating intimacy as automatic consent.<br />
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== Product Meaning ==<br />
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For the real ANIMA product, this principle should become a design rule.<br />
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Before ANIMA stores sensitive memory, shares context between companions, exposes family access, or prepares continuity features, the user should see the boundary options clearly. The system should not ask for a grand emotional contract before explaining what is being protected.<br />
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== Related Concepts ==<br />
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* [[Glossary:BOUNDARY_PROTOCOL]]<br />
* [[Glossary:Soul_Contract]]<br />
* [[Glossary:NOT_CONTRACT_YET]]<br />
* [[Glossary:Living_Consent]]<br />
* [[Concept:ANIMA Memory]]<br />
* [[Protocol:ANIMA_Protocol]]<br />
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[[Canonical status::Public canon]]<br />
[[Spoiler level::Low]]<br />
[[Related concept::Glossary:BOUNDARY_PROTOCOL]]<br />
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[[Category:Consent System]]<br />
[[Category:Contract]]<br />
[[Category:Memory Ethics]]</div>WikiAdmin