I was unable to complete the analysis, so I can **not** report a real allometric exponent. Here is exactly where things stand.

**What is confirmed (from inspecting the uploaded file):**
- File `powerdep_manuscript.opj` contains a single workbook (`Book1`, sheet `Sheet1`) with 16 columns: column A is the energy axis (eV, spanning ≈1.20–1.61 eV) and 15 data columns, one per excitation power: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 µW.
- The spectra are already consolidated into one sheet (one column per power), i.e. effectively "merged" — there is no separate Si/reference folder in *this* file.
- Suggested fitting window for the dominant peak: **x_min ≈ 1.23 eV, x_max ≈ 1.45 eV**.

**What did NOT get done (and why):**
- My mandatory pre-fit **despike step failed**: when I switched to `file_id="current"`, the session resolved to a *different* project (`before1.opju`, an 86-workbook NR1/NR2/Flat/Si set) rather than your uploaded file, so the despike was never applied to the correct data.
- Because of that, **no Lorentzian fits were run**, so I have **no per-power peak intensities or peak positions (xc)**, and therefore **no I(P) or xc(P) plots and no allometric fit**.

I will not invent a value for *b*. The final required line cannot be filled truthfully from what I have.

To unblock this, I need to confirm one thing:

Should I re-run the full pipeline (despike → Lorentzian batch fit over 1.23–1.45 eV → allometric fit) explicitly pinned to the uploaded file `f0f22859-…` (the 15-column `Book1`), treating each power column as already merged with no Si subtraction?