Walked Object
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A jar of honey sits on a Tokyo shelf. The label says manuka. The price is two hundred dollars. The buyer pulls out a phone and scans the code on the lid.
The phone returns a chain. The hive — a GPS pin, an elevation, a flowering window. The harvest — a date, a weight, a batch ID. The lab — a UMF grade, a chromatography signature, a tester's key. The processor — a single atomic split from batch to jar. The export — a customs seal, a timestamp. The shelf — an arrival scan, twelve minutes ago.