{
  "request": 2,
  "frens": [
    {"traits": {"character": 0, "face": 0, "eye": 0, "coat": 0, "shirt": 0, "hat": 1, "background": 0, "item": 2},
     "name": "Mumu Blaster", "bio": "Lab-coat pepe in a mumu hat who settles every peer review with a ray gun."},
    {"traits": {"character": 0, "face": 1, "eye": 1, "coat": 1, "shirt": 1, "hat": 2, "background": 1, "item": 13},
     "name": "Red Bobo", "bio": "Grins under his bobo hat while the red lightsaber hums through the matrix rain."},
    {"traits": {"character": 0, "face": 0, "eye": 2, "coat": 0, "shirt": 2, "hat": 1, "background": 2, "item": 1},
     "name": "Gold Flask", "bio": "Cyan-eyed alchemist trying to brew gold out of green candles."},
    {"traits": {"character": 0, "face": 1, "eye": 0, "coat": 1, "shirt": 0, "hat": 2, "background": 0, "item": 11},
     "name": "Bobo Wrench", "bio": "Fixes the cyborg rig with a wrench and a smile, never mind the bear on his head."},
    {"traits": {"character": 0, "face": 0, "eye": 1, "coat": 0, "shirt": 1, "hat": 0, "background": 1, "item": 12},
     "name": "Green Saber", "bio": "Bare-headed red-eye who carries the one green lightsaber in a red matrix."}
  ],
  "alternates": [
    {"character": 0, "face": 0, "eye": 0, "coat": 0, "shirt": 0, "hat": 1, "background": 0, "item": 4},
    {"character": 0, "face": 0, "eye": 2, "coat": 0, "shirt": 2, "hat": 2, "background": 2, "item": 1}
  ],
  "picks": [
    {"layer": "background", "values": [0, 1, 2, 0, 1], "why": "UNVERIFIED: artifacts/4-coat/pick.json (and earlier picks) were missing from the workspace. Step 5 filled this in with the Matrix Green/Red/Gold backgrounds so the set could still be built."},
    {"layer": "character and face", "values": [[0, 0], [0, 1], [0, 0], [0, 1], [0, 0]], "why": "UNVERIFIED (step-4 input missing): all Cyborg Pepes so hats can be worn, with Classic and Happy faces alternating."},
    {"layer": "eye lens", "values": [0, 1, 2, 0, 1], "why": "UNVERIFIED (step-4 input missing): Green/Red/Cyan lenses spread across the five."},
    {"layer": "coat and shirt", "values": [[0, 0], [1, 1], [0, 2], [1, 0], [0, 1]], "why": "UNVERIFIED (step-4 input missing): White and Black coats alternate, with Blue/Red/Green shirts."},
    {"layer": "hat and item", "values": [[1, 2], [2, 13], [1, 1], [2, 11], [0, 12]], "why": "Mumu and Bobo hats alternate across four pepes and one goes bare-headed so the lightsaber is the star. Items are all different: Ray Gun, Red Lightsaber, Flask, Wrench, Green Lightsaber. Each lightsaber is used once (55/56 left), and every value is within the offered options."}
  ]
}