Build each side's digest-to-Evidence index once instead of scanning native observations for every comparison item. Retain every exact match and avoid linking subjectless Evidence to nodes lacking content identity.
Comparison and relationship regressions pass. Isolated alternating unprofiled runs at 2,000 nodes and observations per side have conventional medians 379.924 ms before and 246.466 ms after; the complete 4,000-item outputs match byte-for-byte. Timings are bounded workload evidence, not whole-suite performance.
Flameox profile: flameox://evidence/7dca714833dc3d254a75704670a81de656b4b31d4b77a72236eecb82459b3d86
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