docs(ship-budget): reconcile records a child's used= as child_used; only meter=estimate adds it to the parent's used

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3. The child runs `verify-handoff` first; a moved pin refuses
([HANDOFF_PIN_MOVED](troubleshooting.md#handoff-pin-moved)). It admits against its sub-cap
with child_used = its own counter's reading − its reading at `verify-handoff` and is the only
writer of the record; `reconcile` charges the `BUDGET used=` its return prints. The
writer of the record; `reconcile` records the `BUDGET used=` its return prints as the
handoff's child_used and settles its reservation (only `meter=estimate` adds it to the
parent's used; the Capy and Claude Code meters already hold it, step 4). The
context rule never stops a child. When it fires at one of the child's boundaries:
- once the child has completed a step since `verify-handoff`, `verdict=delegate` hands its
remaining steps (the next step through the end of its segment) to a fresh grandchild