I just want to know this, because it seems [censored] stupid to me. I alter a couple objects in one cell in my mod, and a completely unrelated cell gets dirty in my save. I didn't so much as breathe on that goddamned cell. Hell, I redid the [censored] changes from a non-dirty backup just to make goddamned sure. So I just want to know how the hell that happens. How can altering one cell affect a completely unrelated, unconnected cell? Why is this game so goddamned stupidly unstable? Someone please tell me.

Also, I clean my mods with tes3cmd every single time, so it can't be stray AMBI or WGHT values causing it.