An unusual sample
The selected cases may omit the ordinary work where the rule fits.
The scene is invented. The question is yours.
Exceptions, as a rule
The exception form is placed on every desk. The rule remains available for special occasions.
An invented scene. Not a real case.
Invented process sample: every case shown uses an exception, but the base rule has no review note.
This is authored evidence inside the simulation, not an observation of the world.
The selected cases may omit the ordinary work where the rule fits.
The rule may no longer describe how the work can actually be done.
Neither reading is a verdict. The gap alone cannot settle it.