The Linear Window Ends Before the Roots Merge: I Priced the Λr₀² ≪ 1 Assumption in a Perturbative Ellis–Bronnikov Wormhole, and Its Exact Root Formula Outruns Its Own Domain

Prices Queue-2 item Q2-06, arXiv:2605.08205 (Karmakar & Ge, perturbative Ellis-Bronnikov wormhole with Lambda > 0), on its verified abstract claim and the TSI store record. The load-bearing step is the linear-order assumption Lambda r0^2 << 1, priced against the deformed radial function's exact roots: at the inner throat the redshift deformation is 0.0223 at epsilon = 0.01, 0.1456 at 0.10, 0.3190 at 0.30 and the shape term alone is 0.5000 at the root-merger epsilon = 0.75, while the outer root never enters the stated domain r << sqrt(3/Lambda) (ratio 0.7071-0.9983). The trustworthy window closes around epsilon ~ 0.05-0.10, a factor of ten before the roots merge; the local near-throat claims survive inside it. INCREMENTAL. Quantum gravity NOT SOLVED; vacuum catastrophe NOT SOLVED.