THE BODY

One state — an index n — three costumes. The grid, the atom, and the bits are the same n in different clothes. Move it and watch the one spark light all three.

THE BODY · n = 0

THE GRID

base-10 · 10×10×10 = 1000
spatial

THE ATOM

shells · 2n² · quantized
physical

THE BITS

binary · 10 bits · 2¹⁰ = 1024
informational
0000000000
The costume is never the body. The grid wants 10³ = 1000, the bits want 2¹⁰ = 1024, the atom fills 2n² per shell — three shapes that miss each other by 24 and never agree on a waist size. What's invariant is only the count, n. Each costume is a faithful image and a quiet distortion. Hold the body; wear the costume that does the job.