Every mint burns itself. The PLS is split inside the mint transaction:
50% buys & burns KJP, 50% buys & burns WICK, both straight to the dead address.
There is no withdraw function in the contract — the split is bytecode, not a promise.
■ 50% → KJP burn■ 50% → WICK burn
Gear rides the operative, not the gun: no slots, no gun required. Drawn at mint from the remaining pool.