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Lemma 4.2 (Garbage-trivial collapse). If a legal $D$ or $A$ edge is trivial modulo garbage, it equals one descriptor garbage edge. If a legal $T$ edge is trivial modulo garbage, it equals a two-descriptor garbage path; the two orders agree by the garbage square.

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