Reading Damasio's proto-self / core-self / autobiographical-self framework against LitFin AI: the proto-self ships at interoception/self-state-sensor; the core-self bridge translates numbers into 'I am running hot' at self-state-narrator; the autobiographical-self is the running self-model + outcome ledger. The somatic-marker analog (action-bias) carries an anti-confirmation rule precisely as Damasio's framework would require. Biological homeostasis is honestly disclaimed, not faked.