Reading It

The Oracle applies a shared penalty in Legal Mode. Rollo asks what for. The Oracle cites 'Proximity Protocol.' Being near someone who violated a rule is now itself a violation. Guilt by proximity -- you didn't do anything wrong, but you were adjacent to wrongness. You've been included in a group reprimand for an incident in a meeting you attended but didn't participate in.

Deeper Read

Proximity Protocol means the system doesn't need to prove you did something. It only needs to prove you were there.