Pieces are paired, and each pair carries a shared karma drawn from both of its current readings. A pair is liberated once that karma falls below the collection threshold above. Every death and rebirth clears part of the burden, at a rate set by the kidney function in each piece's own labs — so TO LIBERATION counts lifespans, not years. Karma and threshold both move as new datasets join the collection, which means these figures are a snapshot, not a fixed fate.