[5] Quantum Superposition as Pre-Record Alignment Dynamics

In the preceding papers, time was identified with the irreversible ordering of retained measurement records, gravitation with the constraint imposed by their accumulated density, electromagnetism with reversible alignment dynamics, and inertia with resistance to reconfiguration of retained structure under bounded alignment update. This paper addresses the remaining sector: the reversible dynamics that operate prior to record formation. We reinterpret quantum superposition as the structured coexistence of alignment pathways before an outcome becomes retained. Probability, in this view, reflects the weighting of pre-record alignment configurations rather than epistemic uncertainty or branching worlds. Quantum mechanics emerges as the unique calculus governing alignment evolution before irreversible commitment, completing the physical account without modifying the formalism.