What this take shows. ξ — the reflective capacity — as the limiting resource. Each agent is a small dot with a radial halo whose brightness and radius track ξi. Agent tint is its gap-trait μ: moss-green for thoughtful, terracotta for reactive. When triggers arrive, the agent absorbs (reappraisal) at small ξ cost or reacts raw at larger cost. Holding distortion ‖δ‖ also drains ξ slowly.
If ξ stays below threshold for a sustained window, the agent enters burnout: its effective μ collapses, and the next trigger passes through unfiltered. Watch the population's mean halo brightness as a measure of collective reflective bandwidth. Push the load multiplier up; the constellation darkens. Recovery is gradual.