Figure 12.1. Substrate chirality order parameter. Left: Above the electroweak temperature, cell vortex cores have random chiralities (teal = left-handed, amber = right-handed), creating shear boundaries everywhere. The symmetric state |φ| = 0 is a local energy maximum. Right: Below T_EW, same-chirality clustering wins — all orbital systems align to one handedness, co-rotating flows merge into smooth channels, and boundary energy is minimized. The equilibrium chirality amplitude is v = 246 GeV.