On the final day of initial validation, the team watched the last trace light up with the KMGD probe attached. The signals aligned within spec; ripple, transient, and steady-state all read as expected. Someone cracked a celebratory smile. For Maris, KMGD had fulfilled its quiet promise: it had made the system legible. It would live on as a labeled pad on the PCB, a line on a schematic, and in the collective memory of the team — a small but decisive place where problems are found and confidence is earned.