nx_connect_lanes.nx

nx_connect_lanes.nx -- R2 of CONNECT: the structured per-relationship INTENT-LANE consent state machine. This is the honest, consented alternative to Tandem's banned-but-leaking dating (and HelloTalk's cosmetic toggle). A relationship's ACTIVE lane is the level BOTH parties have opted into = MIN(a_request, b_request) -- so ESCALATION needs MUTUAL consent (anti-creep by construction: no one can be pulled toward romance unilaterally). DE-ESCALATION / BLOCK is UNILATERAL and immediate (safety asymmetry: hard to escalate, easy to exit). Any relationship involving a MINOR is hard-capped below the romance lane -- dating is structurally unreachable. Lanes: LANGUAGE(0) < FRIEND(1) < COMMUNITY(2) < DATE(3). Pure integer state logic (no floats). Gate has 7 checks incl. a measured NEGATIVE CONTROL: the incumbent-style "either party escalates" (max, no minor cap) WOULD non-consensually push a user toward dating -- proving the mutual-opt-in MIN rule is what enforces consent. Mirrors the nx_*_census/gate idiom. 100% sovereign. license_tier: ORIGINAL expect_exit: 0