Two men, one movement, a lot of open air between them
Across the fence it sounds like this: one neighbor still thinks the brand is the man. The other thinks the man wandered off the brand. Neither is going to move the cattle for you.
Keep the tone here: overheard, not anointed. Quote what they said.
Say what it changes on the ground — taxes, land, war, meat prices —
or admit it changes nothing this week.
That’s the job of this page. Not to win the argument. To keep it in the yard where it belongs, then walk back to the barn.