+OK for $C \haspatch \p$.
+
+So indeed $L \haspatch \p \land R \haspatch \p \implies C \haspatch \p$.
+
+\subsubsection{For (wlog) $X \not\haspatch \p, Y \haspatch \p$:}
+
+$C \haspatch \p \equiv M \nothaspatch \p$.
+
+\proofstarts
+
+Merge Ends applies. Recall that we are considering $D \in \py$.
+$D \isin Y \equiv D \le Y$. $D \not\isin X$.
+We will show for each of
+various cases that $D \isin C \equiv M \nothaspatch \p \land D \le C$
+(which suffices by definition of $\haspatch$ and $\nothaspatch$).