Say in Records that a category's reference to itself is a fresh draw

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@@ -154,11 +154,10 @@ column the format binds to a name, as `{place as p}` binds `place`, holds that s
agrees with the columns reading `p`; a column bound only in part, `{place.town as t}`, draws agrees with the columns reading `p`; a column bound only in part, `{place.town as t}`, draws
afresh, so bind it whole and read `{p.town}`. afresh, so bind it whole and read `{p.town}`.
A category never references itself: `{/users.first}` or a bare `{/users}` inside `users` A reference into a category's own fields, `{/users.first}` inside `users`, is a draw of its
describes a draw other than the fields beside it. Read a sibling as a field, and put a own, apart from the fields beside it; to share one draw, read the sibling as a field, or bind
value two fields share in its own category, bind it to a name in one field, and read the it to a name and read the name
name in both ([Decisions](docs/decisions.md#a-category-may-reference-itself-and-a-records-fences-run-at-load)).
([Decisions](docs/decisions.md#a-category-never-references-itself-and-a-records-fences-run-at-load)).
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