Fee: Aligned with fiduciary mandate, payable in full before determination begins.
Scope: Single determination of temporal permissibility.
Duration: Fixed window appropriate to risk assessed.
Outcome: Binding determination of proceed or stop.
Follow-on: None. New determination requires new fee.
The fee is not compensation for time, analysis, or recommendation. It is for the irreversibility of our refusal. If the determination could be negotiated, it would not be a determination. If the fee could be justified by ROI, the determination would not be fundamental.